Kit, that all sounds quite overwhelming! Hugs to you.

Trigger warning for SH



I think it's good that she'll meet with you twice a week--though how do you feel about that? It sounds more like she was insisting on it, so I hope you didn't feel pressured into it. I know that I find more frequent sessions to be helpful.

As for your parents contacting her, I think legally you would have to sign a release to allow her to share anything with them--though if you have them listed as emergency contacts, I think she may be allowed to call them for, say, a welfare check, like if you didn't show up for an appointment or she was worried about your safety, but I'm not sure of the actual rules around that.


I think that, even without an agreement, they are allowed to call her and tell her any concerns they have about you, but she couldn't really say something in return. As in, they could call and say "we're worried about Kit because of x," and your T could say, "OK, I'll reach out to her" (or talk to her next session about it). But without your consent, your T couldn't say back to them, "Yes, we were talking in session about that, and I'm worried about her, too, because she said y."(I think that's how my T explained it when I asked what would happen if my H called him with concerns.)

But I would confirm with your T about that, what she will and won't say to them.