Dropping out of therapy
A sudden ending without agreement — often exactly when something difficult is approaching.
How it shows up
A cancellation followed by silence. The feeling that there’s no point any more. Sometimes the reason is entirely practical; often the drop-out is the strongest form of resistance.
What we do with it in therapy
If you’re thinking of stopping, I ask you to come and say so. That conversation is often the most useful session in the whole process — and if you then decide to leave, that is fine.
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Preberi več na blogu
Why people quit therapy: five reasons and two critical moments
When it's too much: why people leave just as therapy begins
When it is right to leave therapy: signs that the therapy or therapist isn't right
What a therapist must not do: boundaries, ethics and when to end the relationship at once
How to tell your therapist you're leaving — and how to come back
See also
Infertility and distress
Long waiting, procedures and losses that weigh on the individual and on the couple.
Countertransference
Everything a therapist feels, thinks and experiences with a client — once seen as a disturbance, now one of the most valuable tools for understanding the relationship.
Decision paralysis
Getting stuck before a choice, arising not from lack of information but from fear of deciding wrongly.
