Good Goodbyes: Termination in Therapy from Beginning to Ending - Paperback

by Jack Novick Novick (Author), Kerry Kelly Novick (Author), Jack Novick (Author)

Good Goodbyes is a concise resource on therapy termination. Organized in a Q&A format, this book works through the phases of psychotherapy, identifying warning signs of premature endings and helpful techniques to support treatment.

Author Biography

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).