I have been seeing my therapist for about 8 months now. I am rather content with how it's structured, I get along well with him, and I feel like it is helping a great deal, but there's still a lot to work on, and currently I still need his support pretty often (I usually get at least one extra appointment a month, and he even notices if I need less extra ones).
Now, I will be living a bit further away for 3 months, I am doing an internship in a city about 2 hours away. My T has offered having a phone call once a week. I can also always schedule a session in case I could leave work early or similar. A lot of my anxiety concerning this job actually stems from not being able to go to therapy once a week, it is bothering me quite a bit, but I am positive that I will get through the 3 month period fine.
So, I have two questions for you guys:
1) Have any of you ever had to take a break from therapy for a while? Were there any things that have helped you through that time?
2) This is my first real job, and I'm not very experienced with the proper etiquette: I feel like it might be a good idea to inform my employers or supervisors that I am seeing a therapist and would like to ask whether it's possible from time to time to go see him. My supervisors seemed to be rather nice when I met them, they also don't seem to expect that I work all the time (they for example asked whether I can work every day or will attend lectures at the same time). However, I'm unsure about whether I should ask about this, or rather try and make it work without going to a single session. Would you tell your employer if you are only working there for such a short time? Also, would it be better to inform my employer or my supervisors? The supervisors seemed nice and have the authority to tell me what to work on, how long to work and so on.
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