There were some very funny answers back there! I can see were escape or flee would be the best choice.

I like telos, but since it's not pragmatic, I'd go with conclusion or ending. Related concepts could be planned conclusion, unplanned conclusion, unilateral conclusion, mutual conclusion, or one-party conclusions.

Termination is a loaded word. It also seems to be more of a legal term than clinical term. Some of the other suggestions are crafty, but they won't necessarily work for unilaterial or unplanned endings.

When people discuss being terminated, this is the first thing that comes to mind (warning-trigger):

Therapist unilaterial termination:


Client unilateral termination: