I've had to end therapy on two different occasions in the past, both on very good terms due to either me or the therapist moving to a different area. The first time we had all sorts of notice since he was a university therapist and we knew my graduation date. We actually didn't spend much time talking about us. Our time was spent preparing me for the transition into my career, moving to the big city, finding support where I was going to relocate, etc. We actually kept in touch from time to time from that point on even to this day some 27 years later.

The second time we had very little forewarning. My T was my pastor and he accepted a call to a church in Florida. They get very little warning about changes in parishes. As it happened, I had just found out I was pregnant with my 2nd child so I was very distracted in a good way as he was leaving. That time I just chose to discontinue therapy as I knew how busy my life was about to get. The timing really couldn't have been better.