For former T, I'm not sure he ever took a vacation. Also, I only remember maybe twice in 10 years that he was gone for a full week. So let's say I saw him on Wednesdays: I may or may not miss a session because he might have left on a Friday and returned on a Tuesday. Also, when I was a student, the Center was on skeleton staff for @ 2 weeks at Christmas and 2 weeks for Spring break--but when I saw him in his private practice, he was available at those times, so he must have stayed in town.

Current T, in the last 1 1/2 years, she's been away maybe 3 times. She took last week off, and next week she'll be out of the office on my usual day, but we booked for later in that week. She and her husband used to live in a close by state, and they have family there, but also he seems to have Drs there that he sees regularly. I don't need to see her every week anyway, so it doesn't make any difference to me.