Therapist Self-Disclosure to Clients in Psychotherapy

Berg‐Cross, Linda

doi:10.1300/j294v02n04_08

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“…Still, the data clearly indicate that a variety of self-referent behaviors occur in individual counseling and that counselors perceive that they differentially use the various types of self-reference. Furthermore, the types of self-disclosures reported by the counselors closely resemble the types that are desired by potential clients (Hendrick, 1988), and they are also quite similar to Berg-Cross's (1984) and Simon's (1988) findings about the prevalence of therapist disclosure.…”

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“…Self-Reference Questionnaire. To assess frequency and type of self-reference, a Self-Reference Questionnaire (SRQ) was adapted from Berg-Cross's (1984) survey. The SRQ consists of two parts.…”

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“…To date, only two studies have attempted to examine the general prevalence of counselor self-reference by assessing practitioners' perceptions of their typical use of these responses. Berg-Cross (1984) developed and administered a 55-item Self-Disclosure Questionnaire (SDQ) to 63 male diplomates of the American Board of Professional Psychology. They reported four types of disclosures: demographic information, personal beliefs, personal experiences, and affective experiences.…”

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Prevalence of Counselor Self‐Reference in the Therapeutic Dyad

Robitschek

McCarthy

1991

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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Ninety‐one male and female counselors completed a survey assessing the frequency of their use of self‐referent statements (positive and negative self‐disclosure and positive and negative self‐involving responses) in individual counseling. As the researchers hypothesized, counselors reported using a significantly greater frequency of positive versus negative self‐reference. Contrary to hypotheses, there were no significant differences due to either counselor gender or level of counseling experience alone. There was, however, an interaction for males such that as experience increased, self‐reference decreased. Implications for training and research are discussed.

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Prevalence of Counselor Self‐Reference in the Therapeutic Dyad

Robitschek

McCarthy

1991

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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“…Berg-Cross (1984) reported some evidence for this theory with her study of 63 male therapists, all ABPPs. Her study reported information from these therapists on how much and what they disclosed.…”

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Creating an intersubjective context for self‐disclosure

Maroda

1999

Smith College Studies in Social Work

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“…A host of process functions have been attributed to therapist self-disclosure, including such positive effects on group process as fostering client disclosure (Kangas, 1971;Strassberg et al, 1977), building client trust (Berg-Cross, 1984), and promoting group cohesion (Yalom, 1985). Negative effects of therapist openness are identified as well: member perceptions of therapist poor mental health (Weigel et al, 1972), inhibition of member-member relationship formation (Culbert, 1968), and complication of the client-practitioner alliance (West & Livesly, 1986).…”

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