Curt and Katie talk about termination of treatment, both when it is planned and when it is unplanned. We look at best practices, challenges, and how to handle it the best way you can.
It’s time to reimagine therapy and what it means to be a therapist. To support you as a whole person and a therapist, your hosts, Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy talk about how to approach the role of therapist in the modern age.
In this episode we talk about:
When to start talking about termination during treatment
Setting expectations for the end of treatment
How to address client’s instinct to “ghost” from treatment
Normalizing the different paths to ending treatment
Different reasons that you may not be able to complete treatment
Planning ahead to diminish negative impacts of abrupt terminations that are out of your control
Providing referrals, closure, and understanding that even that doesn’t always create positive outcomes
The elements of a positive termination
Managing expectations of what health and healing are and what would qualify someone to finish treatment
Highlighting strengths and progress as well as on-going goals and challenges
Acknowledging the relationship you’ve had with the client
Processing your own response to the termination
What to look at and learn when your client abruptly terminates
Requesting termination sessions when someone decides to end suddenly – things to consider
What to do when your client ghosts you
Closing the client’s chart
Resources mentioned:
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Credits:
Voice Over by DW McCann https://www.facebook.com/McCannDW/
Music by Crystal Grooms Mangano http://www.crystalmangano.com/
