Many times.
I terminated when I had to move out of the area where I was recieving theray,
I terminated with a therapist because there was no way I could get past the fact that the therapist had hospitalized me involluntarily
My last therapist and I terminated due to many reassons -government cutbacks resulted in her being laid off, A DHS caseworker was using harrassment techniques of sending my therapist to the ethics board and other harassment by this DHS caseworker of trying to undermine her's and my trust in each other. We felt that it was better to drop the therapy aspect of our relationship so that the DHS caseworker could no longer put us through that kind of harrassment. Instead we chose to remain friends. The caseowrker my be able to interfere with my therapy by bringing bogus charges agaist my therapist but she could not control who I chose for my friends and whether of not I have contact and how with my friends. This therapist also had personal life problems to take care of like getting a new job, and dealing with her parents death and estate which took her out of town half the month of each month. So from all angles it was best to choose a new therapist and completeing this states requirements that would allow out client therapist relationship to turn over into a friendship relationship.
No I did not "repair" the situation where the therapist had hospitalized me. Both her and I knew what she had done was following the law because here in the USA it is illegal to be a danger to youurself and others and at that point I could not explain why I kept ending up cut. I had no idea that what I was experiencing was a flashback. Just that I would come out of it cut. She did what the law and the therapy agency protocal required.there was not repair work here to do.She was following what her job required and I didn't want the situation to happen again so I dropped her and the agency.
There is no repair work to do when you move out of the area so need to change therapy agencys and therapist.
As for SKR and I there was no repair work needed there either. SKR and I discussed may times right from the beginning that someday it would be time to terminate therapy together and we both felt if that ever happened we wanted to remain friends. Infact we talked about this issue the first time 4 months into my seeing her as a therapist. our therapy time together lasted 3 years. So as you can see there is no repair work needed there. SKR and I chose this termination and how to do it years before it actually happend.
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