 Now, we are going to see the further guidelines for the termination of the therapy which includes that in what and why situations we have to send the letters to the clients, offering them the termination process and the policies for the termination of therapy. Sending termination letters to the client may be a very tricky yet a very integral process in termination. A termination letter records the end of the therapy as well as the reasons of the termination. So, an official draft which we send to the client, it says that you are no more going to seek the therapy from the set therapist and what could be the possible reasons because of which the termination has been planned. It can help clarify the nature and reason of termination especially if client is emotional or angry during your termination meeting. Now, you do not send a letter at all. Eventually, when we have to terminate, there will be different codes and different formats. First, a meeting is planned for termination which tells us that we are planning a termination meeting. It could be one or two meetings but yes, of course at least one meeting is necessary. Now, if the client is very angry during that meeting, very frustrated, he says that he does not want to end the meeting, I will live in this therapeutic relationship and without this my life will end or many other problems he starts sharing with me. So, the matter cannot be completed. The end of the meeting cannot be concluded with the note that the therapy is going to terminate. In that case, the letter helps us a lot and it is an official document which proves that therapy is going to be terminated and what could be the possible reasons. Meanwhile, the emotional frustration of the client gets settled and after reading that letter, he can respond better. Rather than that, he can only dialogue with him in that meeting and tell him that you are not going to be the part of the therapeutic intervention and he continues to get frustrated. Then while the termination letter may feel needlessly formal, particularly in case of a long-term client whom you like and trust, it is wise to go on the side of a caution. Sometimes you end up, you terminate a therapy on a very happy note. A client was coming to you for three years, he was learning therapy for his mood disturbances. He ended up well into a well-managed emotional person and now he does not even want to take the therapy himself. Although there is no need for you to send him a formal letter, but on a safe side, on an ethical note, on a practical note, it is important that you send him a formal letter. Some therapists send a brief termination letter to every client who leaves. In western countries, it is a process in which we take an informed consent and bio-data. When the client leaves, we definitely give him a short termination letter. This practice should actually be followed everywhere, especially in Pakistan where we leave a lot of unfinished businesses. If that therapist does not want to use a termination letter with every client, send one in the following scenario. Chale agar hare ko nahi bhejna, kaha par zeroor bhejna hain uski hum baat karte. When terminating with a client who has difficulty processing the rejection, a client who already has passed through such a process where it was very difficult to handle rejection, where we had to send a letter, is more safe, is more cautious, is more important than to other clients. When terminating with a client because of a poor fit, agar aap us klien ke liye kachar therapist sabit nahi hoore, it's wise enough and it's ethical enough to aap usko ek letter bheesh ke yeh inform karte that you should seek therapy from some other therapist who has specialization in the area of your problem. If a client repeatedly no shows, a termination letter may be the only way to ethically terminate the therapy. The client therapy pe aahi nahi raha, aap usko ek appointment deni hain, dhusti deni hain, aap wait kare hain. Wo immerji nahi hoora, wo aai nahi raha, turn up nahi hoora, eventually it's better ke aap usko apne saath linger on karne ki bhejai usko terminate karne. If a client later claims that you abandoned them, the termination letter may offer some protection. Agar kisi stage pe jo tricky clients hoote hain, jo different tarha ke relationship issues ke saath aate hain, wo bazukat baad me apne kisi problem ka bneem client pe daal deti hain that I committed the self harm because I was upset that that person has done this to me. So you have that termination letter which can give you a protection that you are no more into a therapeutic relationship and that can provide a kind of safeguard to you.