Does anyone else notice that in the codes of ethics for various therapy groups, the text re: termination is so brief and vague, that it seems entirely meaningless? Example:

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1.10 Marriage and family therapists assist persons in obtaining other therapeutic services if the therapist is unable or unwilling, for appropriate reasons, to provide professional help.

1.11 Marriage and family therapists do not abandon or neglect clients in treatment without making reasonable arrangements for the continuation of treatment.
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My T did the minimum -- gave me some warning, then list of referrals. Then when I reached out at various points later, because I was in major distress and crisis and because subsequent Ts were either not working out or were even marking things worse, she began to push me away, scold me, then ignore me.

And the other Ts mostly argued that this was indeed ethical. It feels like a form of "gaslighting" by the collective therapy world. It's all for your own good they say, T did the right thing, if you are having trouble it's all about you the client.

And there was an assumption on part of ex T that as long as i was seeing someone bearing the title "therapist" I would be fine, as if each of them has magical powers that will fix whatever harm was done by their colleague, rather than ex T herself facing the harm head on with me and bringing the therapy to some organic and safe closure.

Without some detailed guidelines to refer to, isn't it a free for all?