We have this idea of what therapy is supposed to look like. There’s a couch. An objective therapist sitting across the room scribbling notes. But of course it’s not that simple.

Deciding When to End Therapy

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 6, 2024

Over the past few years, the trend in society has been to encourage most people to enter therapy. Richard Alan Friedman, M.D., professor of clinical psychiatry and the director of the psychopharmacology clinic at Weill Cornell Medical College, explains why many of us may actually benefit from quitting therapy as listeners share how they knew it was time for them to end treatment.

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