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May 09, 2012, 11:41 PM
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I've been seeing the same therapist for 3 years, and she will be taking her maternity leave in 8 weeks. Last week we talked about me seeing someone else for the 10 weeks that she'll be gone. Since then I've been really anxious about it. My first instinct was to quit therapy altogether, but I realize that is precisely why I need to stay. I am 37 years old, and there have only been 5 people in my whole life who I've let know me. My therapist is number 5. Needless to say, it is extremely hard for me to open up. When I think about a different therapist I literally feel sick to my stomach. I'm not sure why I am so afraid, but I can't stand it. I am also scared that my current therapist either won't come back or won't want to see me when she does. I told her all of this today and she tried her best to reassure me, but it didn't help very much. Has anyone had a similar experience? How did it go? Any advice?
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 Anonymous43209, rainbow8
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May 10, 2012, 08:54 AM
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I have never thought about a T being on maternity leave. I'm curious too. I hope that someone has some experience with a long leave like this.
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May 10, 2012, 11:45 AM
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My T was older than I am (and I'm 61 now) so too old for maternity leave but she was from another country and use to go there every winter, sometimes for the equivalent of 10 weeks.
I worked on therapy "alone" while she was away; wrote weekly "diaries"/progress reports and mailed them the end of each week, to her office. I thought up various other projects like numbering all the days (1-70 in your case) and writing the "best" thing I learned that day or that happened to me or something of that nature. I like a certain degree of difficulty so had another time when I had to write only one sentence to describe the entire day :-) I tried to use the time to "practice" what I had been learning in therapy or to try things that I could not do if my therapist was there. I almost always made sure I took my vacations when she took hers, too, so that would take up some of the time.
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May 10, 2012, 11:47 PM
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My old T left to go on maternity leave and now I am seeing someone else. My old T is taking 6 months to a year off so I didn't have much choice since I still have a lot of "issues" to sort out. I actually prefer my new/current T. I seem to have a better connection with her somehow so it all worked out for the best!
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May 11, 2012, 03:14 AM
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