I’m glad you were able to have this experience. My current T is the first T I have worked with that has shared that kind of vulnerability and I have found it very helpful.
My T is out of the office quite a bit and he brought it up last session to. He said that for some of his clients it is no big deal but he knows that for me it is hard. He acknowledged that it would be better for me if he could provide me with more consistency and be out of the office less. He also warned me that my discomfort with his being gone would likely get worse before it got better. I know he has a hard time because he lives so far away from his grandkids and misses them.