Table II.

Difference Scores and Standard Deviations (Client Importance Ratings Minus Therapist Importance Ratings) of Reasons for Termination

Reason for termination	Unilateral (n = 29)	Mutual (n = 52)
Accomplished goals	0.6 (1.2)	0.1 (0.9)
Could no longer fit time or therapy into schedule	−0.3 (1.4)	− 0.1 (0.5)
Just lost interest in therapy	−0.3 (1.4)	− 0.0 (0.4)
No longer had money or insurance coverage	0.3 (1.0)	0.1 (0.6)
Felt therapy was going nowhere so ended therapy	0.9 (1.4)*a	− 0.0 (0.3)
Felt therapy was making things worse	0.4 (l.l)a	− 0.0 (0.3)
Weren't confident in therapist's ability to help	0.6 (1.4)a	− 0.0 (0.5)
Uncomfortable talking about personal matters	0.3 (1.4)	− 0.1 (0.3)
Therapy did not fit with ideas of what would be helpful	0.6 (1.4)a	− 0.1 (0.6)
Decided to go elsewhere for services	−0.1 (1.2)	0.0 (0.7)

Note. Columns with different superscripts differed from each other at least at p < .005.

*p < .001; indicates significant differences from zero.