What's the longest you've been away from current T? Assuming this isn't the first vacation, how did you fair after the other breaks?
Has there been any other situations you've experienced where you've lost connection with a person after a period of time?
I'm afraid when my T and I terminate long-term therapy and I only get to see her every 2 months, that I will lose my connection. And I have lost connections before too. My T helped me realize that each situation has been different. One was with an ex-T who I terminated therapy with, but started again because I found out she was leaving. My T pointed out that I knew ex-T was leaving, but she wasn't leaving me. Two different situations. Another, I hadn't seen my counselor in 10 years when we ran into each other at a lab. We had coffee together and it was hard to get back into things. But again 2 different situations: one is 2 months the other is 10 years. And last example is of a church mentor who abandoned me. We reconnected about 5 years later. It was awkward. (She wound up abandoning me again!) But it's different from T because she hasn't abandoned me.
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