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Originally Posted by WishfulThinker66
Do we actually need to use the word 'termination'? It feels so negative to me. Perhaps I am just alone in this. Using "termination" connotes to me that everything was an utter failure and that one is leaving their therapist's office on an extremely bad and difficult note. It connotes hate to me too.
Can't we simply state instead that one is 'moving on' or going forward in their care? Do all ceasations of care have to be so utterly horrible? I would rather leave on a positive note myself. Just me though.
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Termination is their word for it. For example:
Therapy Termination: The Transformation of Therapist & Patient
By Katrina Wood, Ph.D.
MOVING TOWARD TERMINATION OF THERAPY - School of Education - Syracuse University
Essential Skills in Family Therapy, Third Edition: From the First Interview to Termination
by JoEllen Patterson and Lee Williams
Ending Therapy: The Meaning of Termination
by Terry A. Kupers
Terminating Therapy
by Denise D. Davis
Termination in Psychotherapy - Joyce, Piper, Klein