The Do's and Don'ts of Self-Disclosure
Avoiding Ethical Pitfalls
By Janine Roberts - When I've asked people who've gone to therapy what was most helpful, again and again, they've described times when their therapists shared something about their own personal struggles. Today, with the informality of our culture, both therapists and clients are likelier to step across previous professional guidelines.
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The Stories That Bind Us
A Special Feature from Our Family Matters Department
By Janine Roberts - When I was eight years old, I reached into Mom's jewelry drawer and found a folded piece of paper that read: “I want to die here in the meadow. The lupine and Indian paintbrush around me.” Not long ago, my granddaughter was born. She taught me anew how we want to connect and be seen—something Mom needed from me.
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Family Matters
Living Backward and Forward: In Search of the Stories that Bind Us
In search of the stories that can bind a family together.
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Does Self-Disclosure in Therapy Hurt or Heal?
Finding a Balance in Sharing Personal Information with Clients
Despite our best intentions, self-disclosure can backfire. So why are we drawn to it so strongly as a therapeutic tool? Hundreds of therapists in workshops I've led around the world have said they share personal information to strengthen the therapeutic alliance, demystify therapy, and reduce the power differential between themselves and their clients. In the discussion about self-disclosure, we need to move beyond an either/or frame, as in "yes, do it," or "no, keep tight boundaries."
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Therapist Self-Disclosure
Think Before You Get Personal
The ways we disclose, read cues from our clients, and dialogue about what’s been divulged are the keys to whether therapist self-disclosure helps clients’ therapeutic goals or gets in the way.
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2/13/2013
Authors:
MARY JO BARRETT, MSW
OFER ZUR, PHD
LINDA STONE FISH, MSW, PHD
ARNOLD A. LAZARUS, PHD, ABPP
KATY BUTLER, MA
JAN MICHAEL SHERMAN, MA
JANINE ROBERTS, EDD
JAY EFRAN, PH.D.
JENNY NEWSOME
MICHAEL F. HOYT, PHD
SUSAN ROWAN
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NRC095556
Copyright:
2/13/2013
Authors:
MARY JO BARRETT, MSW
OFER ZUR, PHD
LINDA STONE FISH, MSW, PHD
ARNOLD A. LAZARUS, PHD, ABPP
KATY BUTLER, MA
JAN MICHAEL SHERMAN, MA
JANINE ROBERTS, EDD
JAY EFRAN, PH.D.
JENNY NEWSOME
MICHAEL F. HOYT, PHD
SUSAN ROWAN
Product:
NRC095556
Therapist Self-Disclosure
Think Before You Get Personal
The ways we disclose, read cues from our clients, and dialogue about what’s been divulged are the keys to whether therapist self-disclosure helps clients’ therapeutic goals or gets in the way.
Magazine Article
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Copyright:
2/13/2013
Authors:
MARY JO BARRETT, MSW
OFER ZUR, PHD
LINDA STONE FISH, MSW, PHD
ARNOLD A. LAZARUS, PHD, ABPP
KATY BUTLER, MA
JAN MICHAEL SHERMAN, MA
JANINE ROBERTS, EDD
JAY EFRAN, PH.D.
JENNY NEWSOME
MICHAEL F. HOYT, PHD
SUSAN ROWAN
Product:
NRC095556
Copyright:
2/13/2013
Authors:
MARY JO BARRETT, MSW
OFER ZUR, PHD
LINDA STONE FISH, MSW, PHD
ARNOLD A. LAZARUS, PHD, ABPP
KATY BUTLER, MA
JAN MICHAEL SHERMAN, MA
JANINE ROBERTS, EDD
JAY EFRAN, PH.D.
JENNY NEWSOME
MICHAEL F. HOYT, PHD
SUSAN ROWAN
Product:
NRC095556
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The Do's and Don'ts of Self-Disclosure
Avoiding Ethical Pitfalls
By Janine Roberts - When I've asked people who've gone to therapy what was most helpful, again and again, they've described times when their therapists shared something about their own personal struggles. Today, with the informality of our culture, both therapists and clients are likelier to step across previous professional guidelines.
Daily Blog
The Stories That Bind Us
A Special Feature from Our Family Matters Department
By Janine Roberts - When I was eight years old, I reached into Mom's jewelry drawer and found a folded piece of paper that read: “I want to die here in the meadow. The lupine and Indian paintbrush around me.” Not long ago, my granddaughter was born. She taught me anew how we want to connect and be seen—something Mom needed from me.
Daily Blog
Does Self-Disclosure in Therapy Hurt or Heal?
Finding a Balance in Sharing Personal Information with Clients
Despite our best intentions, self-disclosure can backfire. So why are we drawn to it so strongly as a therapeutic tool? Hundreds of therapists in workshops I've led around the world have said they share personal information to strengthen the therapeutic alliance, demystify therapy, and reduce the power differential between themselves and their clients. In the discussion about self-disclosure, we need to move beyond an either/or frame, as in "yes, do it," or "no, keep tight boundaries."
Daily Blog
Therapist Self-Disclosure
Think Before You Get Personal
The ways we disclose, read cues from our clients, and dialogue about what’s been divulged are the keys to whether therapist self-disclosure helps clients’ therapeutic goals or gets in the way.
Daily Blog
Page 1 of 1 (4 Items)
Family Matters
Living Backward and Forward: In Search of the Stories that Bind Us
In search of the stories that can bind a family together.
Magazine Article
Therapist Self-Disclosure
Think Before You Get Personal
The ways we disclose, read cues from our clients, and dialogue about what’s been divulged are the keys to whether therapist self-disclosure helps clients’ therapeutic goals or gets in the way.
Magazine Article
Page 1 of 1 (2 Items)
Janine Roberts, Ed.D., professor emerita at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, is the author of Tales and Transformations and Rituals for Our Times.
