ABSTRACT
In 1969 Fox et al. wrote an article titled, “Th e Termination Process: A Neglected Dimension in Social Work.” In the article the authors argue that termination, as part of the therapeutic process, had been virtually ignored in the social work literature. Th e reason termination was ignored, they concluded, was due to “the general sensitivity to loss and separation” (63). Th ey suggested that the worker’s emotions when it came to termination with clients were painful, and ignoring the topic in the literature was a defensive response to the feelings termination evoked in the worker.
