Termination Reconsidered: Continuity, Futurity, and the Work of Ending
Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
Published online on May 27, 2026
Abstract
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The analytic relationship implicitly concerns the patient’s postanalytic life—their future. Yet the forward-reaching dimension of termination—how experience is carried beyond treatment—remains insufficiently theorized. This paper clarifies the prospective ...
The analytic relationship implicitly concerns the patient’s postanalytic life—their future. Yet the forward-reaching dimension of termination—how experience is carried beyond treatment—remains insufficiently theorized. This paper clarifies the prospective ...