Posted by LadyBug on January 28, 2007, at 20:18:26
As much as we all hate to think about termination and endings, I know we all think about it at some point for various reasons.
Can I ever really terminate with my T? She means too much to me. But when things aren't going as smoothly as I'd like, I always think, well maybe it's time to terminate and maybe this should be the year.I was recently *thinking* about termination and wanted to look up a book that might be helpful.
'Good Goodbyes': Knowing how to End in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
I guess I'm not good with posting a link for this book, but...I ordered this from Barnes and Noble and picked it up on Friday. It was released in 2006 so it's fairly new. I've read through some of it and I like it. I feel like it gives a pretty good overview of what happens in therapy, the pretermination phase and the termination phase and how you can plan it etc. I don't want to get too carried away with what I've read, but just thought I'd share this with anyone that might be interested.
And no, I'm not interested in termination yet. Maybe I'm waiting to perfect myself to a place that isn't ever going to be. I think we think our T should make us whole and complete, but we won't be prefect. I know I'll always struggle with certain issues and therapy has taught me to deal with those things in a way I didn't know before.LadyBug
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