 Here we are going to talk about certain guidelines which are very important for the termination of therapy. Therapy termination can make both the therapist as well as the client feel insecure. Because a relationship may, after a long time, few months, few weeks and even sometimes a year, it happens that when you are going to close it, some feelings of insecurities might develop. Which may wonder, if they did enough to serve the client, a feeling of guilt comes at times that either I have done my job well or I am not leaving it in the middle and then may feel defensive if the client is unsatisfied. You know there are the personality variations, so at times when we see that the client seems to be dissatisfied, so sometimes therapists become offensive or they become defensive or they give counter statements. So there comes the situation in which both of them become insecure or stuck. Client may worry that termination is their fault. At times they have that cognitive disorientation that may be therapy is being closed because I am not the right person to seek therapy. I have not followed any of the homework assignments or I am not a good client to them and they block me or terminate my therapy. And may feel, leaving therapy means that they will no longer have the support. So this also develops in clients that when my therapy is closed, I will not get any proper help or treatment for my psychological alarms, problems. So I will be without any support. So these can be insecurities that can develop the client or therapist. Following guidelines can aid the therapy termination discussion regardless of the reason of the termination. So now we are going to talk about few of the important guidelines which will address as that whatever could be the situation, whatever could be the reason due to which we decide that therapy would be terminated. But yet, these guidelines must be followed. Remember that purpose of the therapy is to support the client, not the therapist. Any therapy is never planned to have any financial benefits to a therapist or he will get a subject for his research or he will increase in his professional experience. Rather than we decide any therapy because that is important for the client to seek psychological support. So first point is that that should be very clear that the purpose of the given therapy is to support the client, not to the therapist. Therapist should not get defensive about the reason of termination especially if the client is unhappy. Now looking towards the client satisfaction perspective, if the client is unhappy with the therapy which is being given to her or him, it is the very much right of the client to himself or herself ask for the termination. So in that case, the therapist is not allowed to get offensive or to give you know statements like in his defense that Meera to ish mein koi kasoon nahi. This client ne follow nahi kia. Isko samaj nahi aare yeh techniques ko nahi samaj raha. Isko accept karna is an ethical responsibility of the therapist ki agar uska client unhappy hai to usko wo therapy continue nahi katni. Now do not argue with the client or use the discussion to ease out your own hurt feelings. This will actually you know reune the very purpose of the therapy. Agar ek client jo apni hi boh saare problems ka shikar hukar aap ke paas aaya hai The therapist apni ego issues ki veja se uske saath problems create kar leta hai aur uski uski saath apni hurt feelings jo hai wo involve kar leta hai ki usse ek rejection ka samana karna pada hai. So it would be a very loose, loose situation. You know ek to client pehle apni life me rejection face kar ke aara hai bohat saara loss face kar ke aara hai, psychological traumas face kar ke aara hai. Uske baad agar therapist apni rejection ki feeling ke wo usko client uske saath kaam nahi karna chaata usse therapy nahi lena chaata usme add on kar deka to uski sufferings me mazidi saafa ho chayat. Be compassionate. Compassion is very important not for just the therapeutic intervention but for everyone in the life and be very clear and direct no matter why the client is leaving. So you know we just cant you know manipulate things we cant just cant posh posh the things we just cant make stories just we have to be very clear and very you know straight forward in making the decision in a correct sense. Never blame the client even if you must terminate therapy because the client is difficult or you are not a good fit. In any cases agar aap ek achhe therapist nahi hai ye client ek achha client nahi hai. Dono situations me you can never blame as a therapist to the client that the therapy is being terminated because the client is not a conducive individual. Do not abandon a client without warning. Hame hi nahi kar sakte ke middle of the therapy as a therapist clients ke calls dena ban kar de unke messages ka jawaab dena ban kar de unko therapy ki dates dena ban kar de because iss tarah se karna ek pahal bada ethical crime considered ki aata. Be willing to answer questions about therapy termination. The client has all rights to ask ke therapy kyu terminate hodi hai kya reasons hai. In fact aap ko usko proper brief karna hoga such as where client can seek additional help if necessary because he is not the expert. The therapist is the expert. The therapist has to explain that what could be the alternative possible where the client can seek help. This is the very very important responsibility ke aap ne usko meanwhile ye batana hoga jab aap usko therapy terminate karein ke aap usko further help kaun kareega. If necessary refer a client to a highly qualified therapist who specializes in their issues. This is very much obligatory ke usko ek pat acha therapist recommend ke aajai ke uske issues aur uske sensitivity ko samajta ho aur uske baad usko termination ke baare mein bataya aajai. Now termination therapy can offer opportunities for therapeutic intervention at times jab hum is therapy ko terminate karne jare hote hain to wo bhi bhot saari opportunities ka bias hote hain jisne bhot saari lifelong lessons hote hain bhot saari understanding ke baate hote hain jab aap ko professionally bhi help karte hain to grow yourself into a better therapist. Also the clients who struggle with grief, attachment and loss may need help managing the termination process. Wo clients to already isra ke traumatic even se experiences se goza rahe hote hain ko termination process ko understand karte hain to by default ke termination ka process hune apni life ke baaki grief, loss aur abandonness ko samajne mein bhi help karte hain. So it's a two-way process which is if done with a very technical way in a very ethical manner is going to support both the client and the therapist.