In our state, there's an ethics rule for therapists that one therapist is not supposed to see you if you are already seeing another, unless the first therapist agrees after consultation. Like the rule about not poaching other attorneys' clients, stopdog. You are not supposed to step in and talk to a person knowing that they already have another attorney.

So, Soupdragon, assuming you are more comfortable with T2 despite the reprimand, that says a lot. Just give T1 a call and give him or her the heads up that you will be changing therapists and you would like a termination session if he or she thinks it would be helpful.

I discussed this issue with my T once when I was thinking I wanted to return to see former T. My T said he would miss me, but wanted me heal as quickly as possible, so if I thought seeing former T would be better, he was okay with that. Mostly, therapists are professionals, and will handle the termination okay.