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Originally Posted by ElectricManatee
I find that confusing, stressful, somewhat unpredictable stuff pops up in the therapeutic relationship right before and right after therapy breaks. I/we try to do all sorts of stuff to work through it or prevent it, but it still happens. I would encourage you not to make any big decisions about staying or leaving right now and instead focus on what you need to get through the break. It seems entirely possible that your T will go back to being/seeming like his usual reflective self after he's back and you have both settled in again.
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I really hope it is the break. I asked him to write me a letter as a kind of transitional object and I think he might be overthinking it. He told me he would give it to me last session, but then last session he said he hadn't finished it so will give me it before he goes away. I wonder if that's difficult for him? I wish I knew because the not knowing is sending me into a bit of a tail spin.