When do you contact your t outside session?

Never. He hasn't given me outside of session contact details. I do have a mobile number but only for extreme emergencies.

It takes me to a page, but can't figure it out on my mobile phone. I go to chats and it brings up a page with no links to chats. Am I doing something wrong?

page is calked flashchat, but no links to chat pages.

No, that is definitely not right. You need to make that phone call today, if only to touch base with your care team so they know exactly what is going on.

I reach out to my t for two different reasons..
1. if I'm severely struggling and my go to coping skills aren't enough
2. If I need help clarifying something from a therapy session, etc.

I will email my therapist between sessions, but I never expect a response, so I hardly consider that contact.

I also contact him when my coping skills are not working well and I'm not able to effectively manage my emotions and reactions. It's been more frequent recently because I've been really struggling lately and have been contacting him more often, which is something I don't like because it makes me feel needy.

Soaking up all that despair is a really good sign to call for help. No reason to tough it out. Also, maybe steer clear of heavy topics on pc if it's triggering more despair?

As far as your question goes, I call when I'm too upset to type, but mostly I email. I don't weigh whether or not it's bad enough to reach out. If a spiral is starting, it's better for me to get on top of it right away, before I can't see it anymore and don't care. It just takes too long to crawl back out.

I usually wait too long before calling mine. I wait until I'm in crisis mode. I call when I start to get

I had a moment last week where I really wanted to talk to my T. I was at the point of wanting to quit. I decided to wait 24 hours and I was better. My T. doesn't email so text/call are the only choices. I knew my only options were to ask for another session or hope for her to say something helpful. I knew that she probably wouldn't have another session available before my next session.

I also asked myself what I would need her to say to make me feel better. Encouragement? The problem is it would have taken more than a phone call or text. I'm not sure what she could have said except to hang in there, sticking with it is worth it, etc. Once I realized there really wasn't much she could do, I didn't reach out. I did get better.

I've reached out before and she would want me to come in.

I'm sorry no-one responded. That sounds tough.

I don't contact my T outside therapy often. I've emailed her a few times, but that wasn't about urgent things.
She has told me what I should do if I But I would never call anyone. I've had several times when I felt realle really bad, but I just go through it myself. I've always done that.

Maybe it's best to talk to your T about contacting her outside sessions. That will make it maybe easier to decide in the future.

Only in extreme emergencies. These include: my father's death, my mother's death, and my brother's death. I once called my T when I had left an abusive lover; she even talked to my mother at that time, advising her what to watch for and how to tell if I needed the hospital, etc. Also, if I am very far down in the pits of depression, so much so that my wife is very concerned, even to the point of asking me if I need to go to the hospital. Otherwise, I try to get through, by self care, distraction, etc.

Thanks it is just annoying because I did what I was "supposed" to do I actually called 2 hotlines and both pretty much said go do it. And then even at the hospital they kept me there for the night and I was a lot worse in the morning and they sent me home without giving me my headphones back might I add and said well good luck but we can't be bothered to help you. So I know better now I know for sure no one cares and that everyone in my life would feel much better if I wasn't there to bother them so I won't bother trying to tell anyone the next time I will just be quiet about it.

With my GAD my T knows how hard it is for me to tell her whats going on. In sessions I fidget so much that after the session shell ask me if I was hiding something and when I would say no she would end it off by saying "email me anything at anytime". So usually I would email her when I'm dealing with something pretty hard and keep thinking about it all the time and feel like I can't keep it to myself anymore or I'm going to explode.

T and i text a lot sometimes not even about therapy stuff... sometimes about funny stuff. but its not like all day every day. i email T, but he doesnt usually respond to those. most of our communication is text. we have talked on the phone before a lot but that was during crises.

My T and I email. If something is really hard to talk about in session then I will email. If I want her to know how I am doing or there is something that is going on that I want her to know about I will email her. We only talk on the phone if I am having a really hard time or its a crisis.

If my thoughts are getting to the point where I might act on them, then I know I need to contact my T before it gets worse.

Thanks, lola. I am seeing my MH nurse tomorrow. Ts away sick, so I can't call her. It's just one more day before I see someone. I can't bring myself to call. But I can make it one more day.

I hope your appointment goes well tomorrow.

How it will go is a mystery to me. Usually I can somewhat predict the way an appointment will go, but not the last few I've had. I'm closed off and shy but I am honest, so I guess it will all depend on the questions he asks.

In that case, I hope he asks the right questions. If he doesn't, would it be possible to write something down and hand it to him? It's important you get the right information across.

That's one thing I could try and do. I'll sleep on it to figure out what I want to share and I'll write something in the morning. Thanks for the idea

I really wish my T would allow email it would make it so much easier for me to get things out if I could write them up. I think she knows that though which is why she wants me to talk because it's hard for me. (It took me a year to even tell her some of the trauma I've been through)

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Saw my MH nurse today. Am feeling a bit better for it. I was honest, but not fully open. He knows I'm not doing well. We are changing the med dose slightly, and I see my t next Tuesday and my MH nurse again Thursday next week. Hope I can hold on

I'm glad you are feeling (or felt) a little better.

never. in a few years worth of going i have never once contacted my T outside of session. i haven't the foggiest if they even DO email communication and i figure unless i'm really going to do something, why bother them? even when i've said i'm thinking about suicide i dont really get asked about it. i think they figure i'm not going to do it so, no point in bringing it up. either that or they don't want to talk about it themselves. i don't know. what exactly is crisis when you often live in it as a norm for hours, days or weeks at a time? i have never asked about contacting them outside of session and theyve never offered.

All the time, whenever i feel like it. She and i email a lot. We also send stuff on facebook sometimes.