Well, I do think that a therapist, just like anybody else, should be allowed to get away from their work entirely during their holidays if they so choose - but I absolutely agree that no client should ever need to feel guilty for taking a T up on an offer of contact during the break, if the T chooses to make such an offer. It is between the client and the T.

And nobody should have to feel ashamed for venting anonymously on an Internet forum if they are suffering while their therapist is away. It is not a harmful or malicious activity, and it doesn't imply any wish that the therapist should work 24/7 for the clients' benefit. Nobody expects that from their therapist.

My T takes relatively long summer holidays (compared to many Ts on here, that is) and offers no contact while he is on holiday. Shortly before his second summer break, I mentioned guiltily that I was going to miss therapy and was rather dreading the weeks ahead. I did not ask for any extra contact or anything like that, but I did want to discuss how I felt about his absence. His response made it clear that he knew that I respected his right to a vacation (which of course I did, 100%) but he also pointed out that the fact that I was going to miss therapy (and him) simply meant that therapy (and himself) were meaningful and important to me, and that could not be a bad thing.