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Originally Posted by Lemoncake
When he first announced this holiday he told me that he normally just went away and that was that. That his other clients usually were okay with it as that's when they went away too. He said that I was a "special case", if I'm so special why won't he take better care?
If handled badly I think breaks do nothing more than just emphasis previous old wounds.
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And conversely, I think vacations handled well can be part of the healing process. But that can be tricky to accomplish.
I find it odd that more therapists don't seem to recognize that vacations can be hard for a lot of clients. Even clients who are not intensely attached are in therapy for a reason and are not likely to welcome the disruption, especially if they have a lot going on in their lives at the time.
My T said that vacations are complicated because it's hard for clients who don't want her to go, but it can also be a bad sign if the client doesn't care at all that she's leaving (weak therapeutic alliance, etc).