What would be a better word than "termination"?

I chose, "Other" and think that a good term for terminating would be, "Moving On" and my 2nd choice would be closure. I think that Termination is just too harsh especially if you and your T are parting amicably.

I don't like the word "termination" either. Way too negative-sounding for me. I used to like "graduation". Lately though, I think I prefer "wrapping up". Because it is kinda like wrapping up the gift of myself that this work has given me, and me taking it with me.

(How schmaltzy is that?)

New used car? Or, new new car?

Porsche or Kia?

Red vs beige vs gray?

Also, financing? What if the therapist offers sliding scale?

And, are we talking 3-year or 5-year rate comparisons?

And, finally self-driving cars vs. therapy-bots? Therapy-bots would be way cheaper for the interim?

The pollster's lot is never an easy one. Just sayin'.

Lemme at 'em!

Metamorphosis.

kidding...maybe.

I guess I like something with more of a flourish. Taking our leave. Gentle parting (one hopes). Off into the wild blue yonder.

I suppose it depends on why we were terminating therapy -- is it because I no longer feel I benefit from therapy, so I'm "graduating" (lol)? Is it because I or my therapist is moving? Is it for a negative reason?
There are lots of different words you could use for those situations... but in my head I don't use a word like these, I just think of it as "not going to therapy/not seeing this T anymore."

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:

Yeah I kinda like metamorphosis - cuz I've certainly undergone one over the past 6 years!

How about outgrowing the greenhouse and being re-planted in the forest....

Termination reminds me of losing a job... I guess from the point of view of the therapist, it is I use the word sometimes for therapy just because it is a common buzz word, but I don't like it because for me it sounds too dramatic, and my "terminations" did not feel particularly dramatic, I just stopped going without any process or closure, and I also kept in touch with the Ts via email for a while and stopped that when I was no longer interested. One of my Ts tried to make it pretty dramatic though both times when I stopped going to him. I prefer something more ordinary for it like ending, stopping or quitting. Maybe if I felt that I achieved some dramatic change/growth due to therapy, I would like to say "completed".