This article is part of a larger scale research that explored the lived experiences of three qualified psychotherapists who each experienced significant relationship breakups whilst continuing with clinical practice. This article explores the narrative of one of these participants. This experienced psychotherapist took the decision to suspend his clinical practice after a psychologically stressful romantic relationship breakup. Due to limitations it is not possible to present all three participants in this article. A separate publication will focus on the other two. Hence the article explores how the therapist emotionally negotiated his separation and managed his therapeutic work. The study applied Labov's (1997) structural narrative method. The analysis utilised Labov's six narrative components, each playing a different role within a narrative. They are: abstract; orientation; complicating action; evaluation; resolution; and coda, discussed in the analysis section.