Myra Ellen Kaplan

I have worked with Dr Kaplan for over 2 years. In the last 15 years I have worked with several social workers, therapists, and psychologist looking for someone who has the skills to help me with the issues I personally deal with. Dr KapIan is that psychologist.

Her therapeutic skills, competence, ability to hear what I am saying and help me understand, deal with and work through the issues I have is amazing. There is still more to do but the work we have done together has helped me more than anyone else has been able to in the past. She is the best!

I worked with Myra for over a year.  Out of the blue, she terminated our relationship over email while I was waiting for a session to begin.  First she said it was because I wasn't committed (?) because our internet connection wasn't working.  When I tried to follow up, she had no real explanation other than she didn't think she could help anymore.  Okay.  When I asked for time to discuss with my wife, she said I was "strong-arming" her into talking about this. Then, even though we hadn't even had a session, she said she would be charging me the usual copay.  Absolutely dumbfounding.

This was a completely jarring experience (which she even acknowledged), and I would not recommend her.  No transition. No attempt to walk me through the termination.  No time to process. Just end, and now many steps backward on my progress.  Painful.

Myra Kaplan really broke my therapeutic trust.  Please do not work with her.

*I have worked with many therapists before.
Closure is an understood and absolutely essential process.  I have no problem with ending therapy.  But nothing was done to provide closure, and my last communication with her was abrupt and even unkind.

From GoodTherapy.org:

When a therapist and client agree that it’s time to move on, both may have mixed feelings. The client has formed a trusting and close relationship with the therapist and may have even come to see the therapist as a friend. So it’s important to be warm and supportive, but also to set clear boundaries. The client should know they can come back if they need help again, but that the therapist is not a friend with whom the relationship can continue outside of therapy.

These strategies can help ease the transition:

Reflect on the client’s growth and on how they plan to continue that growth.
Discuss the therapeutic process—both what went well in therapy and what could have been better.
Discuss any feelings of grief or anxiety about ending the treatment relationship.
Talk about personal growth as an ongoing process and give the client guidelines for when it might be appropriate to return to therapy.
Laurie Leinwand, MA, a licensed professional counselor in Florham Park, New Jersey, shares how she helps foster a sense of closure at the end of therapy. "Together, we review all the tools the client now has at their disposal and how they feel equipped to handle what comes their way, " she explains. "We explore how they are already employing those strategies, so they are fully aware of how far they’ve come and feel empowered to move forward independently."

Leaving the door open can also be a powerful way to help clients feel secure in their decision. "I do, however, let them know that if down the road they need a 'tune-up' or are faced with new, unusual challenges, that my door is always open," continues Laurie. "Knowing that can ease the discomfort clients may feel in ending their treatment."