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GOOD‐Byes

GOOD‐Byes GOOD-Byes A few months ago I had to arrange an extended leave from work, which meant that I had to terminate with the majority of my clients. For some clients the imposed time was a useful way to work quickly and arrive at a finishing point, while for others it was more difficult. I found that it became a challenge to say goodbye in different ways. The following will illustrate how I said goodbye to one family. I had been working with "Sharon" and her three young adolescent daughters for nine months when we came to the point of terminating. She had been married to "Tony" for fifteen years. Sharon's own family background had involved domestic violence and she had suffered physical and emotional abuse until she left home at sixteen. She and her daughters had been referred to me from the local child protection unit; they had become involved due to extreme domestic violence perpetrated by Tony. He had also physically and emotionally abused the children; therefore they had been placed on a protective order that specified they were to have only supervised access with their father and that they may reside with their mother as long http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
© 1995 Australian Association of Family Therapy
ISSN
0814-723X
eISSN
1467-8438
DOI
10.1002/j.1467-8438.1995.tb01049.x
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GOOD-Byes A few months ago I had to arrange an extended leave from work, which meant that I had to terminate with the majority of my clients. For some clients the imposed time was a useful way to work quickly and arrive at a finishing point, while for others it was more difficult. I found that it became a challenge to say goodbye in different ways. The following will illustrate how I said goodbye to one family. I had been working with "Sharon" and her three young adolescent daughters for nine months when we came to the point of terminating. She had been married to "Tony" for fifteen years. Sharon's own family background had involved domestic violence and she had suffered physical and emotional abuse until she left home at sixteen. She and her daughters had been referred to me from the local child protection unit; they had become involved due to extreme domestic violence perpetrated by Tony. He had also physically and emotionally abused the children; therefore they had been placed on a protective order that specified they were to have only supervised access with their father and that they may reside with their mother as long

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy – Wiley

Published: Sep 1, 1995

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