flight into health

A phenomenon commonly seen in clinical social work and other psychotherapies in which the client's symptoms or problems suddenly seem to cease without intervention. At that point, the client wants to terminate treatment or change the focus of attention in the treatment. The major reason this occurs is that the client fears some material or emotions that the therapy is uncovering and hopes to avoid the revelation by ending the work. Other causes are that the client is being pressured by financial or family constraints to end treatment.