Late Middle Phase and Termination

Adult Psychoanalytic Training (APT)
2021-22, 3rd Trimester — Fridays, 3:30-5:00pm
Christopher J. Keats, MD

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April 8, 2022 — Classical and Ego Psychological formulations of Termination

[45 pages]

Rangell, L. (1982). Some Thoughts on Termination. Psychoanal. Inq., 2(3):367-392.

This is a good ego-psychologically oriented article which includes formulations of the goals of analysis, criteria for termination, the “arc” of treatment, and the central issue of the patient’s anxiety and autonomy in considerations of termination and its timing. It also includes countertransference cautions.

Ticho, E.A. (1972). Termination of Psychoanalysis: Treatment Goals, Life Goals. Psychoanal Q., 41:315-333.

This is a valuable article about criteria for termination (including the analysand’s ability to continue to grow and develop on their own); it also includes the technique of termination from a more traditional perspective.