[shamon86]

Have you contacted your T in one day? I emailed my T yesterday (or the day before) and she hasn't responded yet. I emailed her after our session Wednesday because I was trying to explain to her how I was feeling that day(our session was a whole bunch of bouncing around and I didn't feel like I had made much sense to her). I had told her that I had been thinking a lot about suicide and I told her about his so she asked me to contract for safety or otherwise it was off to the hospital. Work is one of my biggest triggers and a lot has happened since I've seen her and my thoughts of suicide are more and more frequent. I brought up the option of short term disability which she said she would fill out paperwork for me. So i faxed it to her and then emailed her to make sure she received it. I talked about the issues that had happened since our appointment, but I still haven't heard anything. I left her a message today on her vm too but still nothing. I'm trying to not be needy but I was hoping to get some support from her. How long does it take you to normally hear from your T?

[BlessedRhiannon]

With my T, it depends on the day/time and method of communication as to how long it takes to hear back from her. Email - during the week, she usually replies within 24 hours. Emails sent Fri-Sun are replied to on Monday. Calls to her office phone during her office hours are responded to same day, usually within several hours. Calls to cell phone are responded to within 2 hours or less. Texts are usually responded to same day.

I've contacted my T several times in one day, but only when it's been an emergency. Usually, I know when I can expect a response from T and can wait for her to get back with me.

[yoyoism]

I've emailed my T about 4 or 5 times since I started seeing her in July, half of them was just setting up an appointment. One of them (non-appointment related) was immediately after a session. My T always responds.

I think it depends on your T's own practices and her schedule. Mine usually responds quickly enough (day of or day after), but once she didn't reply for a couple of days. She may have been busy that time.

[wotchermuggle]

Mine responds within a day or two. Days that he works from home or over the weekend are usually reasons for a delay, but I know this and work around it. It took time to figure out his schedule.

[Rzay4]

It varies between T, my long term T took 3-4 days to respond to my VM while my other T usually responds within hours. You still waiting??

[tealBumblebee]

I email T ~1x a week. Sometimes more, sometimes none. She tends to reply anywhere between 2 hours and 2 days tops.

One day when i was having a really tough time, my t told me to email her at least 85 times i think i made it to 15.
My t is really busy with her family, so it takes a day or two to hear back from her, if she emails back at all. She really tries. We talk on the phone a few times a week though, so we get in touch that way (we are in different countries.)
I have DID though (multiple personalities) so it is hard to keep track of how many times we email her...because we all email her. I would imagine she gets about 8 emails a day from us.

[gaia67]

If I email my T, he emails me back that night when he gets home. If I text him, heel usually text back within a couple hours.

[ar2004]

I don't contact my T between sessions but if I needed to reschedule an appointment or had a real emergency, I would call rather than email.

[BonnieJean]

T tends to respond to emails first thing in the morning on most days of the week. Knowing this I don't hope for a response except at that time. If I ever send more than one email in a day, which is pretty rare these days, I use the one I've already sent and add to it.