Posted by Racer on December 31, 2007, at 22:51:40
In reply to Emails + psycho therapy, posted by Maxime on December 31, 2007, at 18:55:10
Every so often, I'll email something to my T -- like when I sent a very assertive email to the board of our HOA, I forwarded a copy to her, so we could talk about it. It's not often, though, and it's not really part of therapy.
I *do* check in with my pdoc via email pretty regularly, though. It's something he offers, and I think because of my history he considers it a good thing for me to do, because it helps form the connection between us. When I started EMSAM, since I have a history of freaking out over new medications, we set it up that I'd email twice a week to check in on how it was going. That helped a lot for me.
I don't know -- I see what you mean about boundaries, but I think it can work for some people. Those who have trouble talking in session, or those who need the connection between sessions. Or those who have revelations between sessions that they just won't remember -- says she of the swiss cheese brain.
For what it's worth, my therapist has only replied to one of my emails, and that was a check in for the pdoc that I included her on. My pdoc does respond, even though I told him he didn't have to respond to the updates on EMSAM. I like that about him. And the emails do help -- even though he's been consistently good for me, I still freak out that I'll somehow ruin it. Hearing back from him helps alleviate that fear.
Good discussion topic, by the way.
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