i did. i took a 6 week break last year after a major rupture during an incredibly stressful time in my life with not only T, but work and family as well. i literally felt i was at rock bottom and my life was spiraling out of control. at that time, i was quite scared that if i would have tried to stay in T to resolve the rupture that the stress and overwhelm from it would have literately been the death of me.

i needed to do something to end the out of control spiraling that was consuming my life and taking a break from T was one way i was able to regain some sense of control. i am thankful that i decided to do it. it provided me with a sense of empowerment that i really needed at that time.

i notified my T by text about my decision and told him i would see him in 6 weeks time and kept true to my word. i really did not have any contact with T during the break nor did i really want to. although it was difficult at times, i knew i needed a complete break from him to help calm my sanity level and to just really give myself a break from the complete mind f*$% that i felt i was experiencing at the time. he tried a couple of times to contact me, once saying that he realised that he had not heard from me in a while (i think he was trying to gauge where i was at in regard to my feelings about him) and all i said in response was 'thank you for thinking of me'.

going back was interesting...i felt like i was in more control of my therapy than when i had left and i felt strong enough to decide to cut back my sessions from 2 times a week to 1. we spent a lot of time (many many sessions) discussing the rupture and what lead to it. in the end, i think he struggled with it more than i did and he wanted to analyse it over and over again, where i was ready to just move forward with my therapy and focus on other topics..his over analysing got a bit frustrating after a while to be honest.