This is very interesting.

For those of you speaking of my current T (who this isn’t really about but I’ll address anyway) - for as long as I’ve known him - 16 years - he goes away every summer. He is done teaching early May and then has a cottage on the other side of the country he goes to til the end of August. It has nothing to do with a religious sabbatical (which he took last academic year, although it wasn’t a religious sabbatical, it was a teaching one). Because his focus is mostly on marriage therapy, he typically doesn’t see clients long term or with issues (BPD) like mine.

Regarding myself - I would think it fair to give all clients as much notice as possible. My vacation impacts them, and they have lives to plan and work around as well. I think telling someone the night before is dishonest and disrespectful. Emergencies happen, yes, but vacations are almost always planned.

I am currently self employed and take a lot of time off. I don’t see why that would change going in to another career field down the road. My time off is important and critical to my own wellbeing and self-care. If it means limiting the type of clientele I take, that’s what I have to do and quite frankly, all Ts should be doing because no T is skilled in every problem that exists.