sister, I'm sorry the separation is so hard. (((hugs)))

I really like ECHOES' idea of keeping that hour each week special and doing something during it to commemorate your time with your T. I think that would help me.

During my most intense phase of attachment to my therapist, I would sometimes hold conversations with him when he wasn't there. This would help me deal with his painful absence. When I did this, I would usually be driving alone in my car, and imagine he was in the car with me. I would carry on a conversation with him. It wasn't like a therapy conversation, but just a normal conversation, as if he and I were out for a drive and enjoying each other's company. I would remark on things along the way of the trip, or talk about music I was playing, etc. This made me feel not so lonely.