Self-disclosure in psychoanalytic-existential therapy.

Full Abstract

This article is an effort to integrate contemporary psychoanalytic and existential perspectives on intentional therapist self-disclosure. It offers a two-stage decision-making model that considers self-disclosure from the vantage points of style and internalization. Clinical and research findings are presented to support the notion that the meanings a patient attributes to a particular self-disclosure, and its power to move him or her towards greater health, is the product of a fluctuating matrix of interpersonal and intrapsychic variables. Special consideration is given to the challenges that arise during the early and termination stages of treatment and to the psychotherapy of therapists.Copyright 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Author/s: Geller, Jesse D (JD);

Affiliation: Yale University, USA. Jessegeller23@aol.com

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Journal of clinical psychology (J Clin Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2003-May; vol 59 (issue 5) : pp 541-54

Dates: Created 2003/04/15; Completed 2003/08/19; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 12696130, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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