 Dear students, we have been talking about the process of therapy that how we can initiate a therapeutic relationship, what could be the codal formalities in a therapeutic consultation and now we are looking towards the end of the therapeutic relationship which is called the therapy termination. The process of terminating psychotherapy often goes very smooth and offers an opportunity to review the progress made in treatment. This is very important that at some point of the time we have to stop the therapy, we have to stop the treatment to see either the healing have been done. Giving you an example, for instance if a person is being diagnosed with hepatitis he is being given a certain medication for the period of 3 months to reduce the symptoms or to eliminate the problem and then after the time period of the medication which is supposed to be given we have to see either after stopping the medication the symptoms are going to reoccur or not. If the symptoms are not going to reoccur we assume and we believe that the treatment has done its work and the patient is fine now. But whereas if with the termination of the treatment we feel that the symptoms are going to reappear it means that certain medication has not done its work properly. So similarly therapeutic intervention may a therapy targets which have been set to achieve it's completion and where the termination process comes in it is necessary that we do not give our client a lifetime dependency, we have to see that after a certain time period the therapy which has been learned, the goals which has been achieved in the absence of the therapy, the lessons which he has learnt, how he utilizes in his life and how he performs it. So termination is a very important stage and it also helps to plan for managing any reoccurrence of the symptoms and gain closure regarding to the therapeutic relationship. So nothing is for you know infinite, nothing is for timeless, there should be a certain time period which we have targeted in advance and at the end we close a therapy. Now there is given a proper ethical and legal framework by the APA, the American Psychological Association which is being followed to terminate a therapy. The APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct provides both an excellent framework and specific guidelines for handling treatment terminations. So you know jessay eske beginning ke protocols hain, kuch rules hain, ushi tarahan iski termination ke bhi kuch codes hain aur kuch rules hain jis me ethical values ka khyaal rakhna behat zaroori hain. The Ethic Code Principle A, yeh wohi code hain jiski humne beginning me bhi baat ke the beneficence and non-maleficence. It requires the psychologists to strive to benefit those with whom they work and take care to do no harm. So this same principle is going to apply again when we are going to do the termination of the therapy. Jessay beginning me iski skha kyaal rakhna behat zaroori tha ke kisi ko ek therapeutic intervention me enter hone se koi harm nahi hona chahaye aur wassup ke liye ek good choice honi chahaye. Isi tarah termination ke wak pi, intamaam points ka khyaal rakhna bahut zaroori hain. Ke kahi termination ke bhiya se client ko koi relapse hone ka khachra toh nahi badaha, client ke koi symptoms woh agrivate hone ka khachra toh nahi hain, ke termination ki jaari hai, kin reason se ki jaari hai, on kin principles ko saamne raktewe ki jaari hai. This principles applies to the course of therapy as well as its termination as I have just mentioned. So ethics standards specifically addresses termination as follows. A. Psychologists terminate therapy when it becomes reasonably clear due to the following reason that the client is no longer in need of the service, alhamdulillah the client has been recovered, there are no symptoms of the said problem which is being explained when the beginning aur ab hum kya rahe hain ki ji client toh hai wo stress free hai, usko insomnia nahi hain, usko koi aur certain problem nahi hain, jis ke liye wo therapy seek kara tha so that makes a very sense that therapy could be terminated. It is not likely to benefit. The other possible reason of termination could be ki therapy ka apkoi fayda nahi ho raha, like at certain point of time apkoi feel ot hai ki iske baad wo therapy usko koi aur maximum benefit nahi de rahe. And it is being harmed by continued service or for instance it need to be changed by some other therapeutic technique, for instance wo client jo ke usko therapy lera hai wo therapy me bhi usko suit nahi kari ya uske symptoms ke saath wo align nahi ho baari, to usko kisi aur therapy ki zoroorat hai ya usko kisi aur expert ki expertise ki zoroorat hai to waha par bhi therapy ko terminate kiya jaa sakta hai uski planning ki jaa sakti hai. Psychologist may terminate therapy when threatened or endangered by the client or any other person with whom the client has a relationship. So it is not necessary that once it is being completed it has achieved all its objectives then we are going to terminate that but likewise we can say that if there is any problem if there is any issue for example the client is going to threaten the therapist or its family to waha par bhi termination ki baat po sakti hai agar wo koi isra ki threats dera hai ya usse related log aapko threat kari hai to waha par bhi therapist has the right to decide the termination of the therapy but even in that course it could not be done at once and we will be going to study that how and in what steps it is going to be taken place. Psychologist provide pre termination counseling and suggest alternative services provides as appropriate. So it is very unethical ki aap jo he wo patient aap ke pas aara hai jiske andar bohot aggressive tendencies hai ussme suicidal tendencies hai ussme homocyte ki tendencies hai aur wo aap ko threat kara hai aur usko middle of the therapy because of your own safety aap blocker. You cannot do that because uske li alternative services provide karna bohot zoroori hai uss ko brief karna bohot zoroori hai that why we are going to terminate that therapy or any other reason jiske wajah se aap usko close kare hain but without giving the proper referral without giving it a proper consultation to another client hum usko middle of the therapy ek indigent patient ko hum kabhi bhi therapy close nahi kar sakte. So even if it is a process of a termination of a therapy we need to be very careful to see how this process is going to help the client as well as it is going to mutually benefit the therapist.