My termination with ex-marriage counselor was on negative terms, so not the best example. And with ex-T, I had intended to just consult with a different T for a month or two, then ended up just staying with him.


But I can tell you what my T has said about termination, or, as he prefers to call it, "graduation." He said if a client comes in multiple weeks in a row and has very little to talk about, then it can seem like it's time to end therapy (or at least go to an as-needed basis). Or, if we were just talking about the local sports team, general chitchat most of the time. He says that so far I pretty much always have things to talk about (maybe a bit of small talk, but mostly actually therapeutic--though small talk can help build rapport/connection), so it would be fairly obvious if I hit that point.