ABSTRACT
This chapter will discuss and illustrate the IST process of termination at the end of therapy. The issues to address include evaluating with the clients whether they have achieved their goals, planning for their management of issues going forward, reflecting on the work and the therapeutic relationship, discussing the conditions under which another episode of therapy might be relevant, and saying goodbye. Before this phase in the therapeutic process, the therapist and the clients have already routinely evaluated progress in relation to specific goals and periodically discussed overall progress; however, the termination process is distinct in that it involves a more comprehensive evaluation of therapeutic progress and examines the implications of ending the therapy.
