There is no consensus among different therapeutic approaches on the process of termination when therapy does not have a prefixed duration. Moreover, both clinicians and researchers are still exploring decision making in the termination of treatment. The present study assessed former client's perspective of therapy termination in a nonprobabilistic sample from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Seventy-three semistructured interviews, lasting ∼60 min each, were conducted with participants that had finished a therapeutic treatment or dropped out. They were asked about several aspects of therapy, including their experience of termination, specifically who decided to terminate, if there was agreement on termination or not, and their thoughts on the termination process. All interviews were transcribed and analyzed using an adaptation of Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR). Quantitative analyses were also conducted to examine associations between variables. Two main factors emerged from the analysis: client/therapist initiative on termination; and level of agreement between client and therapist regarding termination. Whereas nearly all (95%) of therapist-initiated termination cases agreed on termination, client-initiated termination cases could be sorted in agreed (49%) and disagreed (51%) terminations. Both therapist-initiated terminations and agreed upon terminations presented more categories of positive termination motives, better therapeutic bond, and higher overall satisfaction with treatment. Implications for research and clinical practice are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record

No se han encontrado instrumentos breves válidos en Argentina para monitorear sintomatología psicológica en psicoterapia. Este trabajo presenta la adaptación argentina del Hopkins Symptoms Checklist (HSCL-11) y estudia sus propiedades psicométricas. Una muestra de 356 participantes completó la adaptación del HSCL-11 junto con medidas de depresión, ansiedad y bienestar. Se computaron el coeficiente alfa de Cronbach y correlaciones ítem-total corregidas. Se realizó un análisis factorial confirmatorio, se estudiaron sus correlaciones con las otras medidas y se analizaron las diferencias en HSCL-11 entre pacientes y no pacientes de terapia. Se observaron evidencias de adecuada consistencia interna y homogeneidad de ítems, así como también de validez de constructo, validez concurrente y validez de criterio. Los resultados mostraron evidencias deconfiabilidad y validez de la versión argentina del HSCL-11, sugiriendo que podría representar un instrumento valioso para la evaluación y el tratamiento de patologías mentales en el país.

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