ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the termination phase of EFIT, Stage 3, Consolidation. As clients move through the process of therapy, their stories and their sense of self expands. The narratives that shaped their views of themselves and others in their world take on a new valence. The role of the therapist in this third and final stage of EFIT is to collaborate with clients in making explicit these pivotal shifts in the main character, the self and in patterns of relating. New solutions for old problems based on revised working models and a new ability to use emotion to pinpoint, elucidate, and assert needs and preferences are highlighted. References to the future, goals, and aspirations are made intentional. Readers are familiarized with how best to help clients solidify therapeutic gains while also highlighting the client’s sense of agency and capacity to continue to grow and evolve in their most important relationships.
