Therapist Grief and Functional Analytic Psychotherapy: Strategic Self-Disclosure of Personal Loss

Tsai, Mavis; Plummer, Mary D.; Kanter, Jonathan W.; Newring, Reo W.; Kohlenberg, Robert J.

doi:10.1007/s10879-009-9116-6

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“…The way to prepare for such eventualities is to have a flexible and open-minded view about what can and should be said. Training institutes should help trainees to reflect on consequences of self-disclosure with respect to client category, psychotherapeutic context, and also what the psychotherapist himself or herself wants to disclose (Tsai, Plummer, Kanter, Newring, & Kohlenberg, 2010).…”

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The use of self-disclosure among Swedish psychotherapists

Holmqvist

2015

European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling

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Although self-disclosure, when handled with discretion, is often seen as an important intervention in many psychotherapy orientations, including psychodynamic as well as humanistic and cognitive-behavioral approaches, many psychotherapists seem reluctant to use it. The frequency and type of those interventions from psychotherapists of different orientations is less well known. In this study, a random sample of Swedish psychotherapists was asked about their use of different types of self-disclosing information. The results showed that therapists with CBT orientation told their clients more about their training and about their personal ways of handling affective-relational issues. It was apparent that the trend toward more use of selfdisclosure in relational psychodynamic treatment has not been accepted among a large number of psychodynamic and psychoanalytic psychotherapists in Sweden. It is recommended that psychotherapists inform their clients more about their training and in appropriate ways share more with their clients about their own relational experiences. Doing so may help enhance clients' hope and their ability to address their ongoing difficulties.Obwohl man der Möglichkeit zur Selbstoffenbarung, sofern Maßvoll eingesetzt, in vielen psychotherapeutischen Schulen, etwa der psychodynamischen, humanistischen oder kognitiv-verhaltens-therapeutischen (KVT) Richtung, einen wichtigen Stellenwert einräumt, machen Psychotherapeuten scheinbar nur ungern davon Gebrauch. Über Art und Häufigkeit dieser Interventionen durch Psychotherapeuten der verschiedenen Schulen ist bislang nur wenig bekannt. In der hier vorgestellten Studie auf Basis einer Stichprobenerhebung wurden schwedische Psychotherapeuten über ihre verschiedenen Formen der Selbstoffenbarung befragt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Therapeuten, die nach Maßgabe der KVT arbeiten, ihren Klienten mehr zu deren Ausbildung oder ihren eigenen Lösungsstrategien bezüglich affektiven oder beziehungsrelevanten Aspekten erzählten. Es wurde deutlich, dass der Trend eines vermehrten Gebrauchs der Methode der Selbstoffenbarung in der relational-psychodynamischen Behandlung von einer großen Anzahl psychodynamischer oder psychoanalytischer Therapeuten in Schweden nicht akzeptiert wird. Hier wird hingegen die Empfehlung ausgesprochen, dass *Psychotherapeuten ihren Klienten mehr über ihre Ausbildung und, in einem angemessenen Maß, über ihre eigenen Beziehungserfahrungen erzählen sollten. Dies könnte möglicherweise die Zuversicht der Klienten verbessern und deren Fähigkeit, bestehende Nöte besser zu adressieren.Schlüsselwörter: Selbstoffenbarung; Psychotherapeutischer Prozess; Psychotherapeuten; Theoretische Ausrichtung Aunque la auto-revelación cuando se hace discretamente, se ve con frecuencia como una intervención importante en muchas orientaciones terapéuticas incluyendo la psicodinámica, humanística y cognitivo-conductual, muchos terapeutas parecen oponerse a su utilización. Se desconoce la frecuencia y el tipo de estas intervenciones. En este estudio se preguntó a una mues...

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The use of self-disclosure among Swedish psychotherapists

Holmqvist

2015

European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling

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“…In a rare attempt to quantify the specific effect of the therapist's self‐disclosure of a personal problem, Tsai et al (2010) reported the responses of over 30 of Tsai's own therapy clients after Tsai disclosed that her mother had suddenly died. (The clients were not necessarily seeking therapy for their own grief‐ or loss‐related issues, which distinguishes that scenario from those depicted in the vignettes of this study, in which the therapist's problem matched the client's).…”

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Should psychotherapists disclose their own psychological problems?

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Couns and Psychother Res

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Background: Self-disclosures by psychotherapists can encompass a wide array of content, including information about the personal life of the psychotherapist. Aim: The goal of this study was to empirically assess reactions to psychotherapists disclosing their own personal problems to clients with similar problems. Methodology: This study explored participants' (n = 155) reactions to vignettes describing psychotherapists as either disclosing or not disclosing their own history of psychological problems to clients presenting with similar problems. Findings: Compared to otherwise identical vignettes featuring psychotherapists who did not self-disclose, vignettes featuring psychotherapists who self-disclosed were rated more positively in a variety of ways. Specifically, psychotherapists in the vignettes featuring self-disclosure were perceived as possessing a higher level of favourable personal qualities and as more likely to establish strong working relationships with clients and achieve success in therapy. Limitations of the method and alternate explanations for the results are considered. Implications: Implications regarding the judicious use by psychotherapists of self-disclosure regarding their own past psychological problems are discussed.

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“…O comportamento de tatear eventos privados no contexto terapêutico, por exemplo, pode ser a autorrevelação de sentimentos do terapeuta ao cliente e a execução desse comportamento em um cenário de role-playing pode ser bastante prejudicada por se tratar de um contexto artificial. É salientado na literatura que a autorrevelação seja autêntica, sem o uso pelo terapeuta de qualquer tipo de simulação (Guenzen, 2014;Tsai, Plummer, Newring, &, Kohlenberg, 2010). Além disso, para fazer uma autorrevelação, o terapeuta deve estar sob controle de seus próprios sentimentos em relação ao cliente (Guenzen, 2014;Knott et al, 2015).…”

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“…A autorrevelação de eventos privados do terapeuta, por sua vez, ainda não foi avaliada em relação a seus efeitos em comportamentos de intimidade do cliente, mas há dados indicando que a sua emissão evoca comportamentos clínicos de melhora dos clientes em sessão (Guenzen, 2014). Assim, o contexto terapêutico parece ser adequado para a emissão de CIVPs pelo terapeuta (Guenzen, 2014;Tsai et al, 2010). Além disso, a modelagem dos comportamentos de intimidade do cliente pode ser pertinente nesse contexto, dada sua natureza interpessoal e a possibilidade de o terapeuta diretamente observar e intervir sobre os comportamentos do cliente em tempo real (Wetterneck & Hart, 2012).…”

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Treino de comportamentos de intimidade para terapeutas em processo de formação em Psicoterapia Analítica Funcional

2017

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O presente estudo verifica os efeitos de um treino de comportamentos de intimidade no repertório comportamental de terapeutas em formação. O método consiste na aplicação de um treino, com duração de cinco horas, ministrado por uma terapeuta com experiência no ensino da FAP. Os participantes são seis graduandos de Psicologia de uma Universidade. O treino é programado e avaliado quanto ao desenvolvimento de comportamentos ligados ao “saber que” e ao “saber como”. A análise dos dados consiste na avaliação de medidas pré-treino e pós-treino, nas quais os participantes descrevem comportamentos de intimidade que um terapeuta FAP pode emitir no contexto terapêutico e participam de um cenário de role-playing de um contexto terapêutico, no qual recebem a tarefa de emitir comportamentos de intimidade. Os resultados indicam que o treino promove melhoras na emissão de comportamentos ligados ao “saber que”. Alguma melhora nos comportamentos ligados ao “saber como” é obtida, especialmente no comportamento de dirigir ações sob controle das variáveis relevantes do aqui/agora da sessão, ainda que não de maneira satisfatória. A replicação do treino é encorajada com a utilização de diferentes métodos de avaliação. Os métodos de avaliação de resultados de treinos de terapeutas FAP são discutidos e são fornecidas algumas diretrizes para estudos futuros.

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Therapist Grief and Functional Analytic Psychotherapy: Strategic Self-Disclosure of Personal Loss

Cited by 27 publications

References 37 publications

The use of self-disclosure among Swedish psychotherapists

The use of self-disclosure among Swedish psychotherapists

Should psychotherapists disclose their own psychological problems?

Treino de comportamentos de intimidade para terapeutas em processo de formação em Psicoterapia Analítica Funcional

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