Note: This is originally from Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 08 Dec. 2023
At its best, therapy termination is a beautiful practice in grief work, the end of something important and meaningful for both client and therapist. At its worst, therapy termination is awkward, unsatisfying, and even confusing.
How do we set the tone for a positive ending from the very beginning?
I returned to Clearly Clinical Podcast a few months ago to talk about dealing with planned and unplanned endings in therapy.
From their synopsis:
In an exceptionally powerful discussion about how therapists can be better at termination.
In this interview, Dr. Chow discusses how therapists tend to get off-course, leading to abrupt or one-sided termination, and how to manage unexpected therapist-initiated terminations due to things like job changes or illness.
Through the lens of clarifying research, this interview discusses how therapists can create a positive termination experience for therapist and client alike, and how to structure therapy to avoid premature client-initiated drop-outs.
Thanks for the great conversation, Beth.
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