Posted by muffled on November 9, 2006, at 12:04:49
In reply to Re: T vacation » muffled, posted by Lindenblüte on November 9, 2006, at 11:45:41
> I frequently have taken breaks of 3-4 weeks in between sessions.
**This is 5 weeks!!!???????????
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> It helps me to check in with babble, and keep a journal. If I feel like I continue to learn and grow, even when not meeting with T that week, I still feel like a good client.***I do that stuff already.
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> Sometimes, though these weeks are a reminder that stability and the bond with the T need regular "refreshing". It might be hard to go for so long without that feeling of contact and support.**Yeah, I used to lose connection w/T after 24 hrs!!!!
Now I do sorta OK with week to week. I think I start to lose connection after bout 3-4 days now. But its also not as hard to restablish when I get to next session.
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> Perhaps your T can recommend a group that you can meet with regularly in her absence, or another T that you can meet with once or twice ahead of time, and you can keep the "substitute" T on-call if you need to talk to someone.**She already mentioned a 'nice lady' in passing. I dunno. Mebbe if there's some connection btwn. my T and this 'nice lady', then it would be easier? I seem to recall reading a post about that on babble awhile back. I am NOT good at talking to people face to face generally.
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> Or, you can write your faxes, but put them in bottles and throw them into the sea once a week?
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***Now THIS I LIKE!!!! Seriously, I really like this. Cept mt variation would be to write it, and hide it under a rock in the forest, in a safe place where me and my T have been. So that being said, what a good idea. I think I need to get my T to make a safe place so I can do that....I just have to ASK her, UGHHHHHHHH. Not so good at asking.
Thanks Li.
Muffled
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