Describe a few of the guidelines that you can follow when a client is resistant to termination.
What will be an ideal response?
?Avoid stopping abruptly. Talk about the ending time periodically throughout the relationship, more frequently toward the end. As the end approaches, stagger appointments so that you are meeting less frequently. If you’ve met weekly for some period of months, meet every other week, with perhaps the last two meetings a month apart, for example.
?Always provide time for talking about ending. If you detect resistance behavior, gently interpret the meaning of the behavior in a way that allows for more active thinking and talking about what is really going on behind the behavior.
?Consider planning follow-up meetings, perhaps at six months and at one year after the official ending. Particularly for that client who has seemed anxious about ending, and for whom you staggered (faded) meeting times as you were coming to a close in the relationship, a six month follow-up could be a useful way for him to end while knowing that there will still be an opportunity for some future contact with you.
?Actively speculate and work with your client to reflect on whether it really is time to end. If the resistance to ending is truly great, if the anxiety seems above a reasonable threshold, consideration should be given to extending the relationship.
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