Good Goodbyes

Termination in Therapy from Beginning to Ending

Jack Novick Novick, Kerry Kelly Novick, Jack Novick

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
20 May 2025

Social work; Psychotherapy

Good Goodbyes offers a comprehensive model for ending therapy well. Bad ""goodbyes"" in therapy can contribute to therapist burnout and pessimism regarding the efficacy of therapy. Within the framework of the therapeutic relationship and a clearly articulated set of goals for therapy, Jack Novick and Kerry Kelly Novick describe how to recognize and respond to termination themes from the very beginning of treatment. Each phase of treatment brings its own challenges, as well as the risk of premature ending by patient or therapist. Each chapter in this book addresses specific danger signals to look out for and helpful techniques to support treatment. Organized in a pedagogical question-and-answer formant and with vivid clinical examples from all diagnostic groups and all stages of development, Good Goodbyes is a fundamental text on termination for psychodynamic and psychoanalytic therapists.

New to this Second Edition:

New preface by the authors discussing updated content and outlining the book format, for pedagogical useUpdated organization for course usage and flow of Socratic question dialogueUpdated terminologyThematic application to practicing psychologists, psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, therapists, and counselors, and their relationships with clients as well as students and traineesExamination of the micro-terminations and transitions at each treatment stage

By: Jack Novick Novick, Kerry Kelly Novick, Jack Novick
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd ed.
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781538195772
ISBN 10: 1538195771
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 20 May 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jack Novick and Kerry Kelly Novick are child, adolescent, and adult psychoanalysts who trained with Anna Freud. They are on the faculties of the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute, the Michigan Psychoanalytic Council, the New York University Psychoanalytic Institute, the New York Freudian Society, the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis, and the University of Michigan Medical School. They have been working with children and families for 40 years and joined other colleagues to found a non-profit psychoanalytic school, Allen Creek Preschool, in Ann Arbor. Both Jack and Kerry Novick have written an array of articles published in peer-reviewed journals, along with two books: Fearful Symmetry: The Development and Treatment of Sadomasochism (1996) and Working with Parents Makes Therapy Work (2005).