Title

Reasons For Therapy Termination In A University Psychology Clinic

Keywords

Attrition; Psychotherapy; Reasons; Termination

Abstract

This study examined the reasons for therapy termination documented by graduate student therapists. The closed case files of individual adult clients who had terminated their therapy experience at a university-based psychology clinic were reviewed. Results indicated that the most frequent reasons for termination documented by graduate student therapists were that clients stopped attending therapy sessions without providing their therapists with notice or reason and that clients reached a satisfactory termination point in their therapy experience. A substantial number of clients terminated therapy because of difficulties unrelated to therapy, seeking services elsewhere, or dissatisfaction with therapy services. Level of depressive symptomatology and the number of sessions attended differed across clients who had different reasons for termination. By addressing such client concerns early in the therapy experience, premature termination may be prevented. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Publication Date

9-1-2002

Publication Title

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volume

58

Issue

9

Number of Pages

1173-1181

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.10075

Socpus ID

0036720526 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0036720526

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