Effective Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis: Techniques for Healthy Endings & Closure | Improve Mental Health & Therapist-Patient Relationships

This is an excellent book for all therapists who treat patients in longer term psychotherapy. It advises how to assess in the initial evaluation the potential ability of the patient/client to eventually terminate the treatment. It also discusses the significance of the termination (goodbye) phase of the treatment and how to negotiate it successfully. This phase of treatment typically receives less attention, which this book repairs. Also, this is a relatively small book and written by good writers/therapists, so it is very approachable and easily read.