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Some young adults want to end their treatment, even though it does not yet seem to have reached its end. While it may be debatable, this decision to separate should be accompanied by the analyst in such a way that the analytic process continues and the separation is likely to be profitable in the long run. In order to do this, the analyst must be able to give up certain ideals, including the “good enough” duration of a treatment; he must sometimes give up interpreting the transference, as well as speech in favour of silence. This silence favours the effacement of the analyst, a form of separation without decathecting the patient. This effacement may help to strengthen the patient’s ego, an ego that was previously in conflict with the superego, leading to submission to parental figures, making the acquisition of autonomy difficult and hindering the separation process.