[header] How to cope when your therapist is absent [title] Avoid covering new ground in the weeks leading up to the vacation. [step] If you try to delve into new, difficult topics shortly before your therapist goes on vacation, you might lose your momentum over the break. Worse, you might uncover unpleasant feelings and then have to deal with them on your own. 
Use your last few sessions before the vacation to tie up loose ends instead. [title] Talk to your therapist about any worries you have.