Social Worker’s Use of Self

Reupert, Andrea

doi:10.1007/s10615-006-0062-4

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“…There is evidence that this skill is not widely covered in classroom training for helping professionals from a range of disciplines (Chapman, Oppenheim, Shibusawa, & Jackson, 2003;Heydt & Sherman, 2005;Reupert, 2007). Educators may, themselves, be unsure of what and how to teach students about self-disclosure.…”

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

Knight

2014

The Clinical Supervisor

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Social work students were surveyed to ascertain their attitudes toward and engagement in two types of self-disclosure (SD), transparency and self-involving. In general, trainees reported being prepared by their classroom education to engage in SD with clients. Students' use of self-disclosure was consistent with what has been found to be helpful to clients, even though they often were unsure of their actions. Of particular concern was the finding that students generally were not comfortable discussing SD with their field supervisor. Yet, the results suggest that the field supervisor plays an important role in encouraging students' appropriate use of selfdisclosure. Suggestions for how the supervisor can assist trainees in making informed decisions regarding self-disclosure in their work with clients are provided.

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

Knight

2014

The Clinical Supervisor

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“…The therapist's self is best framed as the medium through which she or he engages in clinical practice and as the most basic and primary of the tools that she or he has to bring about client change (Reupert, 2007(Reupert, , 2008. The clinician's willingness and ability to be transparent and genuine-consistent with here-and-now disclosure-have been found to be helpful in creating Therapeutic Use of Self 7 and enhancing the working alliance between the practitioner and client and promoting trust in the therapist (Hanson, 2005;Barrett & Berman, 2001).…”

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Therapeutic Use of Self: Theoretical and Evidence-Based Considerations for Clinical Practice and Supervision

Knight

2012

The Clinical Supervisor

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This article examines therapeutic use of self in light of theoretical considerations and recent empirical findings. Two different sets of behaviors are distinguished: transparency and self-disclosure. The article examines how the supervisor can promote supervisees' understanding of and engagement in therapeutic use of self as well as how the supervisor can use herself or himself to enhance the supervisory alliance and model appropriate use of self with clients. Case examples illustrate the ethical, theoretical, and evidencebased considerations that should guide use of self in practice and supervision.

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“…There has been other, more recent work in this area, with one study focusing on social worker's use of self in therapeutic as well as non-therapeutic contexts (Reupert, 2007) though this study was critiqued for not being sufficiently relational (Ganzer, 2007). Based on a comprehensive overview across theories, Rowan and Jacobs (2002) present three types of self, namely, the 'instrumental self', the 'authentic self' and the 'transpersonal' self, with each type depicted in terms of the different ways the self of the therapist is engaged with his or her client.…”

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A trans-disciplinary study of the therapist's self

Reupert

2008

European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling

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The focus of this study is the personal features of the therapist or what is commonly referred to as the therapist's use of self. Sixteen therapists, drawn from a range of theoretical orientations, were invited to describe their experience of self in therapy. The self participants brought to therapy was a central and multifaceted entity which included their life experiences, values, beliefs, feelings and thoughts. The relationship between professional and personal elements of self was also highlighted. While all acknowledged that they brought personal aspects of themselves to therapy, differences, based more on gender than theoretical orientation, were highlighted in terms of how much therapists involved themselves in therapy. Numerous useful self-enactments were identified, particularly those associated with the therapeutic alliance. The study has implications for the training of therapists and future psychotherapeutic research.Une e´tude trans-disciplinaire du self du therapeute Cette e´tude met l'accent sur les caracte´ristiques personnelles du the´rapeute, ou comme il est plus commune´ment admis, sur son usage du self. Seize the´rapeutes, issus d'un e´ventail d'orientations the´oriques, ont e´te´invite´s ad e´crire leur expe´rience du self dans la the´rapie. Le self que les participants apportent dans la the´rapie est une entite´centrale et multi-facette; elle inclut l'experience de vie, les valeurs, les croyances, les e´motions et les pense´es. La relation entre e´le´ments professionnels et e´le´ments personnels du self est e´galement souligne´e. Alors que tous les the´rapeutes reconnaissent qu'ils apportent des aspects personnels d'eux-meˆmes dans la the´rapie, des diffe´rences, davantage fonde´es sur le sexe du the´rapeute que sur son orientation the´orique, ont e´te´souligne´es sur le plan de leur investissement d'eux-meˆmes dans la the´rapie. Des mises en acte du self, nombreuses et utiles, ont e´te´identifie´es, en particulier celles associe´es a`l'alliance therapeutique. Cette e´tude a des implications tant pour la formation des the´rapeutes que pour de futures recherches en psychothe´rapie.Mots-cle´s: usage du self; self du the´rapeute; trans-disciplinaire *Eine fachu¨bergreifende untersuchung des selbst des therapeuten Diese Untersuchung befasst sich mit den perso¨nlichen Eigenschaften des Therapeuten, oder mit dem, was gewohnlich als der Gebrauch des Selbst durch den Therapeuten bezeichnet wird. Sechzehn Therapeuten verschiedener theoretischer Ausrichtungen wurden gebeten, zu beschreiben, wie sie ihr Selbst im therapeutischn Prozess erleben. Das Selbst, das die Teilnehmer in die Therapie einbrachten, war eine zentrale, vielschichtige Einheit mit vielen Fazetten, die Lebenserfahrung, Werte, Einstellungen, Gefu¨hle und Gedanken umschloss. Die Beziehung zwischen professionellen und personlichen Aspekten des Selbst wurde ebenfalls deutlich. Wa¨hrend alle Teilnehmer zugaben, dass sie perso¨nliche Aspekte in die Therapie einbrachten, waren Unterschiede in Hinblick auf das Ausmass, mit dem dies geschah, zu...

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Social Worker’s Use of Self

Cited by 33 publications

References 16 publications

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

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

Therapeutic Use of Self: Theoretical and Evidence-Based Considerations for Clinical Practice and Supervision

A trans-disciplinary study of the therapist's self

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