I take breaks when I feel like I need some time to just live my life and let things we've already worked on gel and other stuff to come to the surface - t calls it "percolating", which is as good a descriptor as any. In the past when I've taken breaks, she's just said "call me when you're ready to schedule" and we've left it open. This time is different though, when I first said I wanted to take the rest of this month off, she pretty strongly suggested scheduling for early April so I didn't "go back to sleep". Of course, that's not the plan anymore now I'm taking April off, and we'll schedule for early May after 2 more sessions this month.

(As if I could go back to sleep. That is no longer an option for me!)