When to Say Goodbye to Your Therapist

by Catherine Johnson

Guide to when it's time give up your therapist for a variety of reasons and different circumstances

Genres: Psychology

Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

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Reviews

[Ezra · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's hard to say if I enjoyed reading this. I found it really interesting and it did make me reflect on certain things, but overall I felt that many things didn't leave much room for nuance and it purely presented people's issues as reactions to external things, which made the tone feel that their issues could easily be resolved due to that. I guess I don't connect to it since my circumstances are entirely different, I digress. And yeah, it's 1988, so some things just feel outdated and honestly this book is sooooo straight, like, we get it! Painfully cishet all of the goddamn time lol Interesting but not that helpful I would argue but that's just me.

[Molly Kelchen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Much of this 1988 published book is still relevant today. Today it wouldn’t be acceptable to say that a client fell in love with their therapist, and there was one mention of penis envy as if that’s actually a thing — but honestly, the rest is very relatable and actually advocates for the patient/client. Made me realize just how good my own therapist is, too.

[Christy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this to be a very interesting book pertaining to therapy in general. It was full of insights about the therapeutic process and the therapeutic alliance - not just the termination of therapy. The only reason I'm not giving it five stars is that it's somewhat outdated at this stage (25 years hence). Most therapy these days is the brief therapy that the author isn't a fan of, not the psychoanalytic therapy that is often discussed here. I still think the book is very worth reading, because its insights stand the test of time.