Thanks EM for understanding where I'm coming from.

Yeah, so far, email has been REALLY helpful for me, since I have trouble not freezing up in session. Usually in email I elaborate on responses to questions that she asked asked in session, and that helps me feel like I'm moving forward, even if it's hard. But I think this time it was just too long a break of face-to-face communication and reassurance, with too much disclosure, and now I definitely dread having to deal with all of that live and in person. Maybe I'll suggest that we do our next session by phone, as a little bridge on the way back to normal.