ABSTRACT
The therapeutic process of growth in play therapy sessions and assessing children’s readiness for ending play therapy sessions have received little attention in the literature. Perhaps these topics have not been dealt with because the answers are not easily determined. The void also may exist because therapists have difficulty dealing with the ending of relationships. Typically therapists do not enter into relationships with a conscious goal to move toward ending them. After all, we are in the business of building and facilitating relationships. The ending of the therapeutic relationship, however, is just as important as the beginning of the relationship and should be dealt with openly.
