Posted by Dinah on August 4, 2004, at 9:47:41
In reply to More Therapist Vacation questions, posted by daisym on August 4, 2004, at 1:06:06
My sessions when he comes back are often wasted ones because my emotions get firmly locked up when he's away and it takes a while to access them again. But other times, the locked up emotions burst out about halfway through the first session.
And while I always dread his going, once he's gone the locking up of my emotions makes it not all that bad. And I usually get a lot done. By the time he gets back, rational me is planning to quit therapy forever because I'm doing so much better. My emotions need to work hard to remind me that they aren't gone, they're only sleeping. (Drat it! per my rational side)
I no longer fear he won't come back, if I ever did. He just takes too many business trips for that to be a big concern to me. Seeing him leave and come back so many times cures that fear for me. Last year he was gone probably on average of one week out of five. :(
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