ABSTRACT
The therapist should allow sufficient time to elapse before arranging a follow-up in order to determine the extent of the client's progress without the therapist's support. For example, if the client has spent ten sessions in therapy over a period of three months, then first follow-up schedule in three months' time. It should be made clear to clients that follow-up sessions are not therapy sessions. Follow-up also offers clients a longer-term perspective from which to show on their experiences of therapy and what they have learnt from it. Follow-up provides useful information for the therapist in reviewing his/her work with clients and finding out what they found helpful and unhelpful about it. Some clients feel safer about terminating therapy as their therapeutic progress is still being 'kept an eye on' by the therapist, though follow-ups are not meant to keep therapy going under the guise of monitoring progress.
