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Originally Posted by wheeler
Do you talk about your feelings/thoughts about therapist’s vacation maybe 1 or 2 sessions before and after? Do you ever go silent? Or is it a non issue for you?
A little while ago, right before one of her vacations she said she didn’t wantto spend 3 weeks before and 3 weeks after talking about her vacation. She said it wasn’t therapy.
She goes away starting tomorrow and won’t be back for 10 days and I’m hesitant to bring up the subject again.
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With my former T, we used to talk about her going on vacation as much as a month before hand, so I could get used to the idea, but maybe only one session after she got back. It wouldn't be all session in either case, but there were definitely feelings about her being gone and unavailable that were good to be discussed.
What seems telling to me is that you T said she didn't want to spend the time talking about her vacation. Isn't therapy supposed to be about what you need to talk about and what issues you are having, and not what the T is needing or not needing?