TT self-disclosure.pdf (chandcounselling.co.uk)
“Making ourselves known” by Rakhi Chand
The debate about self-disclosure and whether it is right to share anything with our clients of ourselves is illuminated by this article. Rakhi Chand defines self-disclosure as “the act of making something about ourselves known” and she fully explores this and the impact on the relationships that we have with our clients. Chand focuses on how therapists can help and facilitate clients through the relationship that is formed, through congruence and our appropriate holding of the space between us. Chand describes this as professionally being willing to share what is happening, about authenticity in why we share certain things and the holding of the space for the clients benefit, and not our own. The relational gains from this are the focus, and we have to carefully navigate our way to this. Chand encourages caution and therapeutic use only of self-disclosure but she also trusts her judgement and highlights the relational gains for our clients, which makes this article a clear and useful comment on the topic
TT self-disclosure.pdf (chandcounselling.co.uk)
“Making ourselves known” by Rakhi Chand
The debate about self-disclosure and whether it is right to share anything with our clients of ourselves is illuminated by this article. Rakhi Chand defines self-disclosure as “the act of making something about ourselves known” and she fully explores this and the impact on the relationships that we have with our clients. Chand focuses on how therapists can help and facilitate clients through the relationship that is formed, through congruence and our appropriate holding of the space between us. Chand describes this as professionally being willing to share what is happening, about authenticity in why we share certain things and the holding of the space for the clients benefit, and not our own. The relational gains from this are the focus, and we have to carefully navigate our way to this. Chand encourages caution and therapeutic use only of self-disclosure but she also trusts her judgement and highlights the relational gains for our clients, which makes this article a clear and useful comment on the topic