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Happy Endings
All endings involve loss. Good endings start with careful assessment and realistic goal settings. I will endeavour to examine the experience and the process made in all interactions and to minimize discomfort.
| * | Discuss the end at the beginning and when appropriate throughout contact. |
| * | Be sure it is the right time to end. |
| * | Read the signs from the client i.e. missing appointments. |
| * | Lengthening times between visits may ease the 'ending' process. |
| * | Let the client know you have valued working with them. |
| * | Recall something you have learnt from them / have made you laugh. |
| * | Make time and space for the ending. |
| * | Think out the actual moment of leaving in advance and act decisive when the time is right. |
Herbert (1993) suggests that you should phase out and terminate the intervention with care, because the 'durability' of any improvements may depend upon your successful management of 'endings'.
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