Creating an intersubjective context for self‐disclosure

Supervision of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Social Work Students by Heterosexual Field Instructors

“…We must take up the issue of the role of personal disclosure in supervision and professional practice (Gelman, 2004;Maroda, 1999;Raines, 1996;Strean, 1997). Webb (1988) was clear that "the recognition of personal identity is a vital first step in the formation of professional identity" (p. 35), a position that has clear implications for the field instruction of cultural minority students.…”

Startling affect in therapeutic relationships: Relational formulation of experience∗

“…Hanging in, bearing intense destabilizing affect and tolerating the unknown while formulating affective and relational meaning for both the patient and the therapist is challenging for every therapist (Bridges, 2001;Bromberg, 1998;Cooper, 1998;Darwin, 1999;Davies & Frawley, 1994;Ehrenberg, 1992;Maroda, 1991Maroda, , 1999aMaroda, , 1999bOgden, 1994;Stolorow, Atwood, & Brandchaft,1997).…”

“…From this perspective, the therapist's task is to remain fluid and follow the shifting dissociated communications, rather than to remain locked-in to any single repetitive enactment that may become perseverative and stifle movement in the relationship (Davies & Frawley, 1994). The therapeutic process of sorting out mutual enactments, and negotiating unwanted affect is, in fact, the intimate edge where transforming negotiations most often occur (Aron, 1991(Aron, , 1992Black, 2002;Benjamin, 1998;Bridges, 2001;Bromberg, 1998;Cooper, 1998;Davies & Frawley, 1994;Ehrenberg, 1992; STARTLING AFFECT IN THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIPS 15 Gorkin, 1987;Hoffman, 1983;Jacobs, 1991;Maroda, 1991Maroda, , 1999aMaroda, , 1999bMitchell, 1988Mitchell, , 2000Ogden, 1994). Aron (1996) states that, "Enactments are crucial therapeutic events that constitute the very essence of treatment" (p.215).…”

Students' Attitudes Towards and Engagement in Self-Disclosure: Implications for Supervision

“…Traditional psychodynamic theories have long eschewed any type of selfdisclosure, assuming that therapist neutrality was required for clients to acknowledge and reconcile their personal challenges (Maroda, 1999). Carl Rogers was one of the earliest theorists to challenge this assumption.…”