Posted by pegasus on February 23, 2004, at 14:48:03
In reply to Re: from Ms. Schmidt: therapist self disclosure, posted by Dinah on February 23, 2004, at 14:05:18
I appreciated your saying that you were worried. I think it's a worrisome thing, too.
I think a lot of self-disclosure doesn't follow the rule of "is this for the client's therapeutic benefit". And that even if it does, it can be damaging to therapy (as in the case of my T's misjudged disclosure, which caused a few problems even though motivated by wanting to help me). Personally, I think this is really tricky business, and T's need to be thinking about it pretty carefully when they disclose stuff.
And at the same time, I always enjoy it when my T discloses stuff. Even when it's bad for me. Which only makes the responsibility on the T that much more serious, IMHO.
So, thanks for bringing it up.
- p
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