This seems strange to me. I have a very tough time talking in person with T, but can also communicate very well in writing. Long story short, I believe my T is trying to urge me to bridge my writing ability into verbal ability by some things she's done recently. This makes more sense to me than to just tell someone that they aren't ready to do talk therapy and try to work via email. I could see email as appropriate for a supplement to traditional psychodynamic therapy, but how would that kind of therapy even work in that medium?