[neutrino]

Right now the psychologist who's assessing me is taking some time to go through all the information from the assessment so far (tests, conversations, old records from check-ups from when I was a child etc) and I'm therefore not seeing her until the end of the month (it's been two weeks since I last saw her).

She knows the assessment brings up a lot of questions and thoughts and when I asked her if it's ok to email her questions during the time we don't see each other she said "if you've got questions it's completely ok to email them to me and I'll do my best to answer them". She seems to be a person who means what she says (I really hope she is, especially since she knows that I find ambiguous answers really difficult to decipher).

I've got a lot of questions. I've written down nine of them so far. And not just nine questions but nine questions with explanations (or whatever it's called), so it's pretty long. Is it ok to send that many questions or should I perhaps choose four of them or something and mention that there are more but that I'm afraid that's too much?

I actually wanted to make it through this month without emailing her but these questions are eating me up inside (metaphorically) and I can't talk to anyone about these things "in real life".

What do you think I should do?

EDIT: I think the title might be grammatically incorrect (?). Sorry about that.

[HazelGirl]

If possible, combine them. If not possible, just send them.

[grimtopaz]

She told you she would be happy to answer any questions, so I would believe she meant it.

Now, the following is my opinion as a professional who has had to answer lots of emails.

Given that Psychologists are generally extremely busy, I would think you would maximize the chances of getting a prompt response if you:

1. Ask very concrete questions rather than general ones. That is, questions that are specific and can be answered in a couple of short sentences.
2. Ask only questions that cannot wait until you see her in person.
3. I would keep the text to a minimum (concise), that is, if you think she will answer your questions without you providing an explanation, I would save the explanation to when you see her.

[BlessedRhiannon]

Send them. If your T is unable or unwilling to answer, she will probably tell you.

[Perna]

Since you have so many questions, I would start a question "journal" and see what multiple answers I could imagine to each of my questions and then take the journal in when you see the psychologist again and discuss what you have answered and how it compares with her assessment and responses to the questions. I think that would give you a lot of information about how close/far away you are from understanding yourself and the work you may want to do with someone.

[stopdog]

I would send them

[someone321]

I would do as grimtopaz... Try to reduce the explanations to the minimum, just leave those which are necessarily to understand the question and not all different possibilities etc. Usually after writing something, the next day I see that I can easily throw out half of the content without losing any important information... If you cannot do it, I think I'd still send these questions... I think if she agrees to answer them, she'll try...