T and out of session contact

My T allows email and text contact in between sessions. She only picks up emails in working hours so I feel like I can use that as an outlet without bothering her too much. I'll text often in regard to things I've got going on or important things I'm waiting to hear about & she always responds. She doesn't mind I use these ways of contact...she knows I need it.

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My T allows email anytime, office phone-cell phone call anytime.

The only time I texted her was when I was heading out the door with a medical emergency and she hadnt picked up her cell phone.

We agreed she will respond to email if/when she has time. She is generous with her responses. She prefers me to phone her cell -which she picks up immediately herself. But I email her more than phone her.

My T is part of a team within a big agency whose job is to treat people who should(/would traditionally) be inpatient or in residential, outpatient. That means I have access to the same support I would have inpatient - namely that I can call her 24/7 for help.
T wants me to call more often - I very rarely do.
I email whenever I feel like it, but I dislike long responses from T. I'm of the opinion that therapy is for during sessions, not for email. However T does often send long responses.

That is really cool! Is it for people who can't afford inpatient?

This is what my counselor does too.

He wants the freedom to reply or not reply to an email (unless it's about scheduling of course). I'm completely fine with it, because I don't email him to get an immediate response from him - for me it's more about knowing someone is out there who will read it.

He has a zillion kids and wants to spend his time outside of work with his family - I think it's a good boundary for him to have.

I can email my T. He usually answers within a day, but sometimes he's very busy and replies later or sometimes not at all (which I don't like).

No, actually - everyone's mandatory insurance covers inpatient treatment in my country. It is to lessen the amount of people in inpatient and to shorten the time people are inpatient. Or if people only need 1 thing about inpatiency (yeah, I just made up that word ) this team provides that without taking the patient away from his life the way inpatient would. Also, say you're afraid to go to the grocery store by yourself, it would be possible for someone from this team to go with you - not just for exposure therapy, but also as long as necessary so you have vegetables at home.

Current T. and I "met" over email while I was seeing ex-T. She said she knew from some questions I answered that I would not "abuse" email if she offered it. T. says I tend to disclose more via email so she is fine with it. If I email her, she responds in 24 hours. I don't text her and have never called. However, I know I can call and during the day she will respond. She has told me she's not great at texting (she's older) so the only time I've texted is when I had surgery my husband text her to let her know I was ok.

Bumping this up to ask something along the lines without making a new thread;
How do I go about requesting outside contact for my uni T?

In our last session she mentioned I could always call the office if I needed anything and they could wire me to her, but with three sessions left and the summer reaching, how could I go about asking her? I feel like with university T's, it may be a little different.

I'm coming to the end with my college T too, have 6 sessions left. She knows this is going to be difficult for me and said we can stay in contact...I'm unsure of the rules of contact yet but I plan on asking when the time is right. Maybe you could ask for a phone session instead? This is something I might put forward to my T.
Could you let me know how you get on? I'm stuck in the same situation too. It sucks!

I can email and call my T. She did used to give more detailed responses in email and then changed that and answers them briefly. It bothered me that she changed it as I need consistency.

So I kind of asked about it before I left. Since my university doesn't normally allow like phone sessions (which is what she thought I meant), she told me she would look into it if I'll be staying home. I would just try to ask since you're also in uni. Mention it at your next one! Even if its one of those "at the door" sessions.