11/15/2023 0 Comments Cartier diver blue![]() Excessive personal sharing by a counselor may be seen by the client as self-serving.The sharing of too much information by a counselor about his or her own personal struggles may be perceived by the client as a sign of counselor impairment and inability to perform his or her professional duties responsibly. One of the most significant risks of counselor self-disclosure is a shift in treatment focus away from the client’s needs and treatment goals.Personal disclosure by the counselor may serve to “humanize” the counselor in the client’s eyes and diminish the impact of this perceived power differential on the formation of an effective counseling relationship.Ĭounselor self-disclosure also has some potential risks: Clients may be intimidated by a counselor’s professional status and credentials.This imbalance has shown to make some clients uncomfortable, and in such cases, thoughtful personal sharing from the counselor can lessen their discomfort. The counseling process can often feel one-sided for clients, in that the focus is primarily on their presenting issues.Thus, another reason for the use of counselor self-disclosure is to convey empathy to clients and to help them feel that they are not alone in their struggles, and that their emotions and experiences are being heard and validated. Clients sometimes think that they are alone in their struggles.Getting to know their counselor better through the counselor’s sharing of information on a personal level can help reduce this uneasy feeling. Clients may feel uneasy telling a stranger about their thoughts, feelings and experiences.Counselors often choose to disclose about themselves and their lives to aid in the development of trust that is necessary for counseling to be effective. ![]() Self-disclosure can be a means of building rapport with clients, which is essential to the counseling relationship.The Benefits of Using Self-DisclosureĬounselor self-disclosure can have a number of identifiable benefits to the counseling process: The use of deliberate counselor self-disclosure in the counseling process has shown to have some real benefits, but its use also carries some risks. ![]() On the other hand, deliberate counselor self-disclosure is that disclosure of personal information that a counselor makes purposely to a client as a tool in the counseling process. Generally speaking, the disclosure of personal counselor information to clients through accidental, unavoidable, and client initiated means is thought to blur the boundaries of the counselor-client relationship and to be minimized wherever possible. Unavoidable self-disclosures are client revelations about a counselor’s personal life that occur through obvious distinguishing characteristics such as the counselor’s race, gender, clothing, jewelry, etc.Ĭlient initiated disclosures occur when clients seek and find information about their counselor on print or online media such as biographies, resumes, family history, volunteer activity, professional achievements, etc. ![]() There are four main types of counselor self-disclosures: accidental, unavoidable, client initiated, and deliberate.Īccidental self-disclosures are incidental (unplanned) encounters outside the counseling session, spontaneous verbal or non-verbal reactions in session, or other occurrences that happen to reveal therapists’ personal information to their client. Types of counselor self-disclosure can range from the sharing of information about the counselor’s personal life and experiences to the sharing of his or her personal opinions about particular issues and events. Self-disclosure refers generally to a counselor’s sharing of personal information to clients during or outside the counseling session. ![]()
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