Posted by annierose on March 22, 2006, at 18:18:22
In reply to Therapy Termination Question, posted by Veracity on March 22, 2006, at 14:45:46
Not to sound like a broken record, but I agree with the above wise posters.
When I first worked with my T, I quit several times too (welcome to the club). And she was always gracious when I came crawling back.
Now I'm working with her again, and we talked about termination. Not that I'm anywhere close to the decision, but I wanted to know how she would normally proceed (since I never experienced that). She told me that she usually waits for the client to bring it up (but not always) and it is something that we talk and talk and talk about. Then after lots of talking and talking, then there is the planning, and finally spacing out appointments, until the client feels comfortable leaving.
She told me that it's bittersweet for both therapist and client.
As she described it, it would take about year.
I think it is worth a phone call. Talk from your heart. T's have bad days too. I hope you check back in and let us know how it went.
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