Posted by Dinah on August 18, 2009, at 10:05:45
In reply to Re: I made it through vacation, posted by annierose on August 18, 2009, at 7:31:57
I downloaded a sample to my Kindle. (My favoritest thing about Kindle.) I listened to the little video clip on Amazon too. It looks like an enjoyable book.
I do think I'm learning to internalize him far more than I did. And also, we did a lot of things that helped. He told me in general terms where he'd be and even one or two things he'd be doing there, so I could picture him in my mind and he didn't go poof. The fact that he called me without my asking him to the week before he left really helped me feel like I didn't go poof when I wasn't in front of him either. He told me that I could call him if I needed to, really, and that he would return my call. We both knew that I wouldn't call him unless something too horrible to contemplate happened, but knowing that I *could* meant that I didn't feel I *needed* to.
Are you prepared for your therapist's vacation? My therapist hasn't been gone for more than one week for a long time, though once recently he did two trips back to back that meant basically a two week absence though he denied that it was a two week trip.
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