For those who have (or have had) the option for out of session contact, what are your thoughts on it? Pros and cons?

I’ve been really hung up on contact with my therapist lately because I feel like I rely too much on it, but it’s so hard not to. I’m welcome to email whenever I need and my T will respond. That’s the deal. I text if in crisis or getting to it.

My T encourages this, welcomes it as a means for me to feel connected and supported/safety plan.

I guess I want to know others take on it because it is causing an internal conflict with me at the moment.

I love that I can contact her whenever. I never want to lose that and in all honesty, I don’t want to restrict myself as I am at the moment. But I’m feeling guilty about it - like a burden , needy, taking advantage and just dependent.

I’m trying to, figure it out I guess. I so very much want to just email as a checkin as it has been 4 days of no contact. But I’m trying to restrict myself still. I don’t know what this has come from…