The Shock of An Abrupt Termination

Transference, Countertransference, Error, or Combination? (Vol 2; Issue 2)

Shortly after I gently brought up the possibility of increasing a patient’s fee, he immediately and unexpectedly terminated our meetings. Even more surprising than the termination, he refused my repeated suggestions to discuss what occurred. I mentioned the fee because, during the prior six months, he made several references to planned purchases and, ov…