Comparison of Feminist Versus Psychoanalytic/Dynamic and Other Therapists on Self-Disclosure

Simi, Nicole L.; Mahalik, James R.

doi:10.1111/j.1471-6402.1997.tb00125.x

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“…Allen's article on disclosing about sexual orientation provides a case study demonstrating how content and strategy can be combined to use self‐disclosure as a teaching tool. Just as there is growing attention to self‐disclosure in feminist therapy (Simi & Mahalik, 1997), consideration needs to be given to issues related to disclosure in feminist pedagogy such as the content, frequency, and purposes of the disclosures. In addition, it is important for feminist teachers, as they are making decisions about self‐disclosure, to reflect upon their status in the institution, the subject matter about which they are teaching, their personal boundaries, and their knowledge and understanding of their students (Allen & Baber, 1992).…”

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A Postmodern Feminist Approach to Teaching Human Sexuality

Baber

Murray

2001

Family Relations

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Postmodern feminist theory provides a valuable perspective for designing and teaching human sexuality courses. The utility of this approach is explained and strategies for helping students understand a constructivist framework presented. The theory is put into action, and the following course goals are addressed: (a) shift from a problem-oriented to a strengths approach, (b) provide information and skills that are relevant and useful, (c) expand students' thinking about diversity, and (d) help students maximize their own sexual health and minimize exploitation of themselves and others. The article concludes with a discussion of pedagogical and ethical challenges of teaching from a postmodern feminist perspective.

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Section: Pedagogical Challenges Of Teaching Human Sexualitymentioning

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A Postmodern Feminist Approach to Teaching Human Sexuality

Baber

Murray

2001

Family Relations

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“…Although some researchers have found that informal discussion involving self-disclosure may help strengthen emotional bonds and therapeutic alliance (Goldfried, Burckell, & Eubanks-Carter, 2003; Hill & Knox, 2001) and establish an egalitarian relationship which empowers clients to change (Simi & Mahalik, 1997), other researchers have found results similar to those reported by Martino and colleagues (2009). This research highlights the potential negative effects of informal discussion when counselors share personal information with their clients that is not directly related to treatment.…”

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Informal discussions in substance abuse treatment sessions with Spanish-speaking clients

Bamatter

Carroll

Añez

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Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

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This study investigated the extent to which bilingual counselors initiated informal discussions about topics that were unrelated to the treatment of their monolingual Spanish-speaking Hispanic clients in a National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trial Network protocol examining the effectiveness of motivational enhancement therapy (MET). Session audiotapes were independently rated to assess counselor treatment fidelity and the incidence of informal discussions. Eighty-three percent of the 23 counselors participating in the trial initiated informal discussions at least once in one or more of their sessions. Counselors delivering MET in the trial initiated informal discussion significantly less often than the counselors delivering standard treatment. Counselors delivering standard treatment were likely to talk informally the most when they were ethnically non-Latin. Additionally, informal discussion was found to have significant inverse correlations with client motivation to reduce substance use and client retention in treatment. These results suggest that informal discussion may have adverse consequences on Hispanic clients’ motivation for change and substance abuse treatment outcomes and that maintaining a more formal relationship in early treatment sessions may work best with Hispanic clients. Careful counselor training and supervision in MET may suppress the tendency of counselors to talk informally in sessions.

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“…Personal Self-Disclosure by Therapists Self-disclosure is also a controversial issue among therapists and clients. Simi and Mahalik (1997) found that feminist therapists were more likely than other therapists to use self-disclosure to empower a client, and to disclose personal background information, such as class, political beliefs, and sexual orientation. Simon (1988) found that therapists used self-disclosure to enhance the therapeutic alliance, validate reality, encourage client autonomy, and improve therapist satisfaction.…”

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Negotiating Therapeutic Boundaries with Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors: Choices in Decision-Making

Harper

2006

Stress, Trauma, and Crisis

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This qualitative study explored therapeutic boundary processes during individual therapy from the perspectives of adult childhood sexual abuse survivors and therapists. Interviews exploring the context, process, and effects of negotiating boundaries were conducted with 11 survivors (8 female and 3 male) after or upon completing individual therapy, and with 11 therapists (8 female and 3 male) who were working with survivors other than those interviewed in this study. Participants reported that their abilities to negotiate boundary modifications were affected by personal beliefs, such as preconceived ideas about the utility of the boundary, and interpersonal relationships that impinge on both survivors' and therapists' capacities to refuse requests for boundary modifications. Although discussion between survivors and therapists about boundary decisions before they are made may not always preclude negative consequences, participants also stated that it is helpful to understand boundaries in the context of the therapeutic relationship. Implications for practice are discussed.KEYWORDS childhood sexual abuse survivors, individual therapy, qualitative research, therapeutic boundary modifications Therapeutic boundaries are an interpersonal construct that establish the limits of therapy and generally protect the client from intrusion by the therapist. They set the foundation for establishing trust in the relationship (Epstein, 1994) and allow the creation of a structured environment that enables a client to focus on the therapeutic tasks at hand (Frick, 1994). Ideally, limits are

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Comparison of Feminist Versus Psychoanalytic/Dynamic and Other Therapists on Self-Disclosure

Cited by 38 publications

References 32 publications

A Postmodern Feminist Approach to Teaching Human Sexuality

A Postmodern Feminist Approach to Teaching Human Sexuality

Informal discussions in substance abuse treatment sessions with Spanish-speaking clients

Negotiating Therapeutic Boundaries with Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors: Choices in Decision-Making

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