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Auror.
so saying this knowing therapy works different in your country to here. so it may not be similar.
but if the therapist human who is off works someplace where it is a larger practice or there is an assistant or even any kind of general contact info - there SHOULD have a way of contacting the therapist even when she is off to allow for help with a transition. especially if she is off and have clients that need to get other therapists and resources.
basically if you want to try a new therapist human, give them your previous therapist humans info, and she can reach out to them, and she should hopefully be able to get in touch with the previous one for a quick consult and for her to summarize what's going on and basics so you don't have to try to do it all on your own.
that's a thing that our therapist human was able to still do even when she was off of work and not practicing, because it was called "coordination of care" and it's not something that's super time consuming for them. it's part of their ethical duty to do, again, here in the US.
again saying this knowing stuff in your country works totally different. but it could be worth looking into or asking about? at the very least maybe worth trying to ask to find out if she even is planning on coming back so you can help make some plans for moving forward.
uncertainty is seriously the worst and that's so crappy that it's coming from your therapist human of all people when they should be someone to rely on and trust. so sorry that yet again, you're being so let down by so many people and services you deserve.
Thank you.
Unfortunately not, I was only ever given 12 sessions, (11 and a debrief) which I have had, I just had to have the debrief with her supervisor. Her actual patients have been assigned to other people, but I'm not classed as that.
She's also off with a bereavement, so isn't contactable. Basically I had asked if I could have her contact details so I could have some private (paid) sessions with her, and she said she'd be able to send them at the end of my sessions. Her bereavement was after session 11. It's absolutely not her fault :( Her supervisor at the debrief said she would ask her to get in touch with me when she is back. I emailed the supervisor today to ask if she'd heard anything in terms of a return date, and she hasn't.