COUNSELING - COUNSELOR SELF-DISCLOSURE
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1.PROBLEMS OF SELF-DISCLOSURE IN THE PRESENT (THE HERE AND NOW OF THE SESSION) CAN HAVE AN IMMEDIATE AND SOMETIMES EXTREME EFFECT ON THE CLIENT. IF THE COUNSELOR REVEALS A CURRENT FEELING ABOUT THE CLIENT FOR EXAMPLE THAT THE COUNSELOR IS BORED THE CLIENT MAY FEEL REJECTED OR BELITTLED.
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7. IT MAY ENCOURAGE THE CLIENT TO EXPLORE FURTHER A PARTICULAR SUBJECT OR FEELING BY SHARING THE COUNSELORS EXPERIENCE WITH A SIMILAR SITUATION.
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DEFINITION OF SELF-DISCLOSURE: IS THE SHARING BY THE COUNSELOR OF HER OWN FEELINGS, ATTITUDES, OPINIONS AND EXPERIENCES WITH A CLIENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CLIENT.
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FOR THE COUNSELOR TO BE GENUINE AND CONGRUENT IN COUNSELING SHE MUST BE AWARE NOT ONLY OF FEELINGS BUT ALSO OF ASPECTS OF HERSELF THAT OTHERS MAY SEE.
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GUIDELINES FOR SELF-DISCLOSURE 1. THE COUNSELORS DISCLOSURE SHOULD RELATE DIRECTLY TO THE CLIENTS SITUATION. THIS PRINCIPLE PERTAINS PRIMARILY TO DISCLOSURES ABOUT THE COUNSELORS PAST EXPERIENCES. TO HELP DECIDE WHETHER AN EXPERIENCE IS RELEVANT TO THE CLIENTS SITUATION THE COUNSELOR MAY FIRST USE PARAPHRASING, REFLECTION OF FEELING, SUMMARIZING AND PROBING RESPONSES TO ENSURE THAT HE/SHE UNDERSTAND THE CLIENTS SITUATION
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GUIDELINES FOR SELF-DISCLOSURE 2.THE COUNSELOR SHOULD DISCLOSE ONLY EXPERIENCES THAT HAVE ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO HIM/HER. USING A PERSONAL PRONOUN SUCH AS i,ME,MY OR MYSELF IN A SELF DISCLOSURE CAN GIVE A CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE CLIENT THAT THE COUNSELOR IS TELLING ABOUT AN EXPERIENCE WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM/HER AND IS NOT MERELY RELATING THE HEARSAY EXPERIENCE OF A THIRD PARTY.
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GUIDELINES FOR SELF-DISCLOSURE IT REQUIRES KNOWLEDGE OF PRINCIPLES TO GUIDE THE APPROPRIATE TIMING ND CONTENT OF THE SELF DISCLOSURE
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GUIDELINES FOR SELF-DISCLOSURE THE COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP HAS PRODUCED A DEEP LEVEL OF MUTUAL TRUST, EMPATHY AND GENUINENESS THE COUNSELOR MIGHT REVEAL TO THE CLIENT AS ASPECT OF HERSELF THAT FEW OTHERS KNOW.
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GUIDELINES FOR SELF-DISCLOSURE THE COUNSELOR HAS THE OPTION OF REVEALING INFORMATION ABOUT HIMSELF ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF INTIMACY. THE COUNSELOR CAN REVEAL INFORMATION THAT IS IN THE OPEN AREA OF THE JOHARI WINDOW AND PROBABLY KNOWN TO MANY
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GUIDELINES FOR SELF-DISCLOSURE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE AS TO WHAT LEVEL OF INFORMATION TO REVEAL LIES IN THE ANSWERS TO TWO QUESTIONS: WILL IT BENEFIT THE CLIENT AND WILL THE COUNSELOR FEEL COMFORTABLE IN REVEALING THE INFORMATION
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IF THE COUNSELOR BECOMES IMPATIENT WITH THE CLIENTS EVASIVE STATEMENTS THIS WILL PROBABLY SHOW IN THEIR OWN NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR. SHOWING HONEST AND OPEN INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CLIENT BY BEING CONGRUENT IS ONE WAY THE COUNSELOR CAN BE GENUINE.
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INDIVIDUAL AWARENESS WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO GENUINENESS AND CONGRUENCY DEPENDS ON ANY PERSONS INCREASING THE INFORMATION IN HIS/HER OPEN AREA WHILE REDUCING THE BLIND AND HIDDEN AREAS.
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PROBLEMS OF SELF-DISCLOSURE 1B IN DECIDING WHETHER TO DISCLOSE WHAT MIGHT BE PERCEIVED BY THE CLIENT AS A NEGATIVE FEELING THE COUNSELOR MUST ASK HERSELF WHETHER SHE IS DISCLOSING FOR THE SAKE OF THE CLIENT OR OUT OF A PERSONAL NEED.
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PROBLEMS OF SELF-DISCLOSURE 1C POSITIVE FEELINGS (PLEASURE, HAPPINESS, PRIDE)REVEALED BY THE COUNSELOR USUALLY DO NOT RESULT IN AS OBVIOUS REACTIONS IN THE CLIENT AS DO NEGATIVE FEELINGS.
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PROBLEMS OF SELF-DISCLOSURE 1D THE COUNSELOR SHOULD RECALL THAT SHE IS ATTEMPTING TO BE A GENUINE, HONEST PERSON IN THE COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP AND THEREFORE MUST CONSIDER REVEALING POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FEELINGS IF SUCH DISCLOSURES WOULD BENEFIT THE CLIENT.
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PROBLEMS OF SELF-DISCLOSURE 2. THE COUNSELOR SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THAT THE SELF-DISCLOSURE IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CLIENT. THE CLIENT IS NOT LIKELY TO BE HELPED IF THE COUNSELOR PROCEEDS TO WORK THROUGH A NEED OF HIS/HER OWN.
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PROBLEMS OF SELF-DISCLOSURE 2. THE USE OF COUNSELOR SELF-DISCLOSURE SHIFTS THE FOCUS OF THE SESSION AWAY FROM THE CLIENT TO THE COUNSELOR. THE COUNSELOR MUST GUARD AGAINST ALlOWING SUBSEQUENT RESPONSES TO LEAVE THE FOCUS ON THE COUNSELOR AND THUS TEND TO DENY OR DOWNGRADE THE EXPERIENCES OF THE CLIENT.
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PROBLEMS OF SELF-DISCLOSURE 3. THE PREMATURE USE OF AN INTIMATE PAST EXPERIENCE OR A THREATENING PRESENT FEELING COULD MAKE THE CLIENT ANXIOUS AND COULD DAMAGE THE COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP.
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PROBLEMS OF SELF-DISCLOSURE 3B. IF THE COUNSELOR IS QUITE SURE THAT SHE UNDERSTANDS THE CLIENTS SITUATION AND THAT THE CONDITIONS OF TRUST, EMPATHY AND GENUINENESS ARE PRESENT IN THE RELATIONSHIP, THE SELF-DISCLOSURE WILL PROBABLY BE APPROPRIATE.
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PROBLEMS OF SELF-DISCLOSURE 4. IF THE CLIENTS PERCEPTION OF THE COUNSELOR AS CHANGED NEGATIVELY BECAUSE OF AN INAPPROPRIATE SELF DISCLOSURE THE COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP MAY BE DISRUPTED.
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PROBLEMS OF SELF-DISCLOSURE 4. IN EXPOSING HERSELF THE COUNSELOR STANDS TO GAIN BY BEING PERCEIVED AS AN HONEST, GENUINE PERSON BUT RUNS THE RISK THAT THE CLIENTS PERCEPTION OF HIMSELF MAY CHANGE AND THUS CHANGE THE DYNAMICS OF THE COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP.
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PROBLEMS OF SELF-DISCLOSURE 4. THE COUNSELOR REVEALS SOMETHING PERSONAL ABOUT HER SELF THAT THE CLIENT MAY IGNORE, DENY OR RIDICULE.
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PROBLEMS OF SELF-DISCLOSURE 4. THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RISK TO THE COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP ANY TIME THE COUNSELOR USES SELF-DISCLOSURE.
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PROBLEMS OF SELF-DISCLOSURE COUNSELOR MAKES HER OWN DECISION ABOUT WHETHER TO USE SELF-DISCLOSURE IN COUNSELING. WHEN SELF-DISCLOSURE IN APPROPRIATE, THE BENEFITS IN THE FORM OF A DEEPER COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP CAN BE GREAT.
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PROBLEMS OF SELF-DISCLOSURE NOT ALL COUNSELORS MAY FEEL COMFORTABLE SHARING PERSONAL EXPERIENCES BUT ALL COUNSELORS SHOULD RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF THE HERE AND NOW SELF-DISCLOSURES THAT FOSTER A CLIMATE OF TRUST AND OPENNESS.
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PURPOSES OF SELF-DISCLOSURE 1. IT TENDS TO BUILD A SENSE OF TRUST AND RAPPORT BETWEEN THE COUNSELOR AND THE CLIENT. 2. IT HELPS REDUCE THE CLIENTS FEELINGS THAT HE/SHE IS UNIQUE AND ALONE IN THE SITUATION HE/SHE IS EXPERIENCING. 3. IT OFTEN ENABLES THE COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP TO MOVE TO DEEPER LEVELS.
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PURPOSES OF SELF-DISCLOSURE 4. IT FOSTERS A FEELING OF EMPATHY IN THE COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP WHEN THE CLIENT PERCEIVES THAT THE COUNSELOR MAY INDEED BE ABLE TO SEE THINGS FROM THE CLIENTS POINT OF VIEW
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PURPOSES OF SELF-DISCLOSURE 5. IT TENDS TO PROMOTE THE EXPRESSION OF FEELINGS BY THE CLIENT IN THE COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP 6. IT MAY CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE IN WHICH THE CLIENT FEELS FREE TO EXPRESS CONTENT THAT HE/SHE HAD PREVIOUSLY AVOIDED.
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SELF-DISCLOSURE SHOULD INCLUDE SIGNIFICANT CONTENT AND BE RELEVANT TO THE CLIENTS SITUATION. SELF-DISCLOSURE IN THE PRESENT OCCURS WHEN THE COUNSELOR COMMUNICATES HER FEELINGS ABOUT THE CLIENT OR THE SESSION SUCH AS SAYING, "I'M PLEASED THAT YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS."
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SUMMARY OF SELF DISCLOSURE SELF-DISCLOSURE INVOLVES THE COUNSELOR SHARING HER OWN FEELINGS, ATTITUDES, OPINIONS AND EXPERIENCES WITH A CLIENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CLIENT. BOTH TIMING AND APPROPRIATENESS OF CONTENT ARE CENTRAL TO EFFECTIVE SELF-DISCLOSURE.
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THE CLIENT IS MORE LIKELY TO PERCEIVE THAT BEING GENUINE IS ACCEPTABLE AND NECESSARY IN COUNSELING AND ESTABLISH A PATTERN THAT THE CLIENT MAY APPLY TO HIS OTHER SOCIAL INTERACTIONS.
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THE IMPORTANCE OF IDENTIFYING AND RESPONDING TO FEELINGS HAS BEEN STRESSED ALTHOUGH OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN ON THE FEELINGS OF THE CLIENT, THE FEELINGS OF THE COUNSELOR ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT. THE COUNSELOR SHOULD BE AWARE OF HIS/HER FEELINGS DURING THE COUNSELING SESSION AND THIS AWARENESS SHOULD LEAD TO CONGRUENCY BETWEEN THE COUNSELORS VERBAL AND NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR
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THE JOHARI WINDOW A VISUAL WAY OF DESCRIBING INFORMATION AVAILABLE ABOUT ANY PERSON . 3. INFORMATION KNOWN BY OTHERS BUT NOT BY THE PERSON (BLIND AREA) 4. INFORMATION NOT KNOWN BY THE PERSON OR BY OTHERS (UNKNOWN AREA)
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THE JOHARI WINDOW A VISUAL WAY OF DESCRIBING INFORMATION AVAILABLE ABOUT ANY PERSON THE FOUR PANES OF THE WINDOW ARE: 1. INFORMATION KNOWN BY ALL ABOUT A PERSON (OPEN AREA) 2. INFORMATION KNOWN BY THE PERSON, BUT NOT BY OTHER (HIDDEN AREA)
