Does this feeling ever go away?

Rant - No advice wanted :snoo_shrug:

I have been a therapist for almost 9 years now. However, it still hurts (not sure if that is the actual emotion) when a client or in my case the adult of a client decides to terminate services with me. I have had two do this in the past month that have been well established with me.

I try to tell families in the beginning that if there is ever a point where they feel I am not a good fit or I have done something to please let me know so I can either a) try to resolve the issue or b) help them find another therapist.

I know that sometimes for whatever reason, clients just stop coming. My feelings however, do not seem to get the memo on that.

I think the part that bugs me is when they call my office manager to say they will no longer be making anymore appointments without any explanation. Especially when in sessions with me there seems to be no issue.

I don't expect families to help me resolve my feelings on the matter and try to accept that sometimes this just happens but I don't know.

Anyway, thanks for reading my rant.

Posted Jan 27, 2026, 1:53 PM UTC

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