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The author catalogues some of the meanings of terminations "forced" by either patient or therapist or by external events. Forced terminations serve conflict resolution, resistance, and adaptive functions. They may catalyze working through of conflicts around separation, but may also obscure resolution of certain issues. Particular attention must be paid to countertransference enactment of sadism, masochism, and attempts at reparation.