Article
Self-disclosure in clinical social work
Clinical Social Work Journal
(1996)
Abstract
This article seeks to establish six guidelines for the use of self-disclosure in clinical social work. It examines the relationship between self-disclosure and countertransference, the timing of self-disclosure over the course of the therapeutic relationship, types of self-disclosure, the connection between assessment of the client and self-disclosure, and how self-disclosure is related to reality-testing. Objections to self-disclosure are also examined and clinical examples are used throughout.
Keywords
- self-disclosure,
- countertransference,
- communication
Disciplines
Publication Date
December, 1996
DOI
10.1007/BF02190743
Citation Information
James C. Raines. "Self-disclosure in clinical social work" Clinical Social Work Journal Vol. 24 Iss. 4 (1996) p. 357 - 375 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jim-raines/12/