Client self-disclosure in short-term psychotherapy.

Strassberg, Donald S.; Anchor, Kenneth N.; Gabel, Harris; Cohen, Brian D.

doi:10.1037/h0085855

Cited by 19 publications

(11 citation statements)

References 9 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Similarly, Strassberg, Anchor, Gabel, and Cohen (1978) failed to find any relation of the number of self-disclosures (defined as revealing personal information) coded in brief segments of psychotherapy with therapist-rated outcome, although they did find a significant positive correlation of outcome with the overall level of client self-disclosures as rated by therapists at termination. However, the latter finding could reflect systematic distortion (cf.…”

Section: Client Disclosures and Psychotherapy Outcomementioning

confidence: 85%

Correlations of male college students' verbal response mode use in psychotherapy with measures of psychological disturbance and psychotherapy outcome.

McDaniel¹,

Stiles²,

McGaughey³

1981

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Verbal response mode use by 31 male college student clients in three sessions of time-limited psychotherapy (selected from an average of 17.2 sessions) was compared with measures of clients' psychological distress, disturbance, and change, which were gathered at intake, termination, and 1-year follow-up as part of the Vanderbilt Psychotherapy Project. Results showed that (a) clients who were more distressed tended to use a higher percentage of Disclosures (revealing subjective information) and a lower percentage of Edifications (conveying objective information), perhaps reflecting greater preoccupation with inner troubles; and (b) clients who improved more were those who participated more, as measured by their estimated total number of utterances, a product of talking more in each session and remaining in therapy for more sessions; but (c) there was no relationship between clients' percentage of Disclosures and their improvement in psychotherapy, as hypothesized, even though percentage of Disclosures was correlated with process ratings of intrapsychic exploration.Studies of verbal interaction in psychotherapy have shown that clients tend to use a very similar profile of verbal response modes (VRMs; Stiles, McDaniel, & Mc-Gaughey, 1979;Stiles & Sultan, 1979), even though therapists' verbal interventions vary drastically depending on their theoretical orientation (

show abstract

Section: Client Disclosures and Psychotherapy Outcomementioning

confidence: 85%

Correlations of male college students' verbal response mode use in psychotherapy with measures of psychological disturbance and psychotherapy outcome.

McDaniel¹,

Stiles²,

McGaughey³

1981

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…As client disclosure has been found to have a direct positive relationship to therapy outcome (Carkhuff & Pierce, 1967; Jourard, 1964; Kiesler, 1971; Rogers, 1961; Strassberg et al, 1978; Truax, 1968; Truax & Carkhuff, 1965), clients’ reticence to disclose is likely to impede therapeutic progress. Thus, counselors may be anxious to get their quiet clients talking.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The impact of counselor self-disclosure on clients: A meta-analytic review of experimental and quasi-experimental research.

Henretty

Currier

Berman

et al. 2014

Journal of Counseling Psychology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In an attempt to make sense of contradictory findings, meta-analysis was used to review 53 studies that examined counselor self-disclosure (CSD) vs. nondisclosure. CSD, overall, was found to have a favorable impact on clients/participants, with clients/participants having favorable perceptions of disclosing counselors and rating themselves more likely to disclose to counselors who had self-disclosed. Specifically, CSD that (a) revealed similarity between client and counselor; (b) was of negative content valence; or (c) was related to intra- or, especially, extratherapy experiences, had favorable impacts on clients/participants compared with nondisclosure. These types of disclosure resulted in more favorable perceptions of the counselor, especially in the area of professional attractiveness. CSD that revealed similarity between client and counselor also had a favorable impact on clients'/participants' allegiance-specifically, on their willingness to return-to disclosing counselors. Significant moderators of the impact of CSD on clients included researcher bias for or against CSD, type of "session" (e.g., written transcript, interview, real session), timing of CSD (whether before or after client self-disclosure), verb tense of extratherapy CSD, experimental setting, type of control group, and the number of CSDs in the experiment. Clinical implications include that CSD may be beneficial for building rapport, strengthening alliance, and eliciting client disclosure, with similar CSD being especially beneficial.

show abstract

“…One of the principal arguments in favor of counselor self-disclosure is that it purportedly results in more favorable outcome through increasing the level of client selfrevelation. Several investigators have reported a direct relationship between the level of client disclosure and counseling/psychotherapy outcome (e.g., Strassberg, Anchor, Gabel, & Cohen, 1978;Strassberg, Anchor, Cunningham, & Elkins, Note 1). Findings of the present investigation are consistent with Jourard's contention that disclosing counselors will beget disclosing clients.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perceptions of counselor self-disclosure: An analogue study.

Nilsson¹,

Strassberg²,

Bannon³

1979

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

One hundred twenty male and 120 female subjects viewed a videotaped vignette of a simulated counseling session. Counselor self-disclosure was manipulated such that subjects were presented a counselor exhibiting no disclosure, interpersonal disclosure, or intrapersonal disclosure. Subjects rated these counselors across a variety of professional (e.g., competency) and personal (e.g., likeability) dimensions. Results reveal that disclosing counselors are evaluated significantly more favorably than counselors who do not self-disclose. There is no evidence that disclosing counselors are viewed as less competent or less "mentally healthy" as suggested in previous research. The implications of these findings for further research on counselor self-disclosure and for clinical practice are explored.The advisability of self-disclosure by counselors has been and remains a rather controversial clinical issue. Traditionally, the arguments offered for and against counselor self-revelation have been based on theoretical preferences rather than empirical investigation. Some writers, predominantly psychoanalytic theorists, have long argued that only through relative anonymity can the clinician provide a blank screen allowing transference to take place and be interpreted. Other writers have more recently been supportive of counselors being more transparent and genuine, advocating the sharing of more personal information with the client. The most vocal advocates of counselor selfrevelation have been Rogers (1961, 1970), Jourard (196.4, 1971b, and others of the humanistic movement within clinical and counseling psychology. These theorists have argued that a more personal, transparent style of intervention by counselors produces a variety of beneficial effects upon both the process and outcome of counseling. Among the potential benefits they suggest

show abstract

Client self-disclosure in short-term psychotherapy.

Cited by 19 publications

References 9 publications

Correlations of male college students' verbal response mode use in psychotherapy with measures of psychological disturbance and psychotherapy outcome.

Correlations of male college students' verbal response mode use in psychotherapy with measures of psychological disturbance and psychotherapy outcome.

The impact of counselor self-disclosure on clients: A meta-analytic review of experimental and quasi-experimental research.

Perceptions of counselor self-disclosure: An analogue study.

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About