When counseling young people, termination can occur without warning for a number of reasons. It is difficult to establish a trusting, collaborative relationship with many young clients, partly because they seem to cultivate distant and defiant relationships with adults. Sometimes the youth disappears, only to reappear, then disappear, and then perhaps, reappear again. Other times, parental impatience or impulsivity drives termination. This chapter describes and discusses a variety of termination situations and a range of emotional reactions counselors and clients may have during counseling and termination. Additionally, it explores guidelines for attaining the highly elusive optimal termination. Finally, the chapter discusses methods for potentially salvaging atypical terminations or less‐than‐optimal counseling terminations.