Dyadic Encounter

How Therapist Self-Disclosure And Non-Disclosure Affects Clients”, stated that, “The study results suggest that therapist self‐disclosure has both positive and negative treatment implications.” It depends on how therapeutic the self-disclosure would benefit the client in that given situation, and the client’s receptiveness to what information is given to them; for example, one patient may respond positively to a therapist’s self –disclosure that reveals another safe point of view of an issue, while another patient might feel that therapist’s has over stepped their boundaries. Madill et al. stated that, “These were sometimes attributed to inexperience and sometimes the characteristics of the total situation, such as events from the therapist's personal life” (13). There are times when sharing something from the therapist can help explain an issue that is present during the time of that therapy appointment. Another problem with a therapist’s self-disclosure is that after years of treatment, the therapist can run out of examples to use to clarify a point made during the appointment. Years and years of treatment sometimes cover issues where the therapist, will add something about himself or herself. People who tend to talk for a very long time during therapy can relate on a level that is not crossing the boundaries. In addition, self –disclosure may be a major problem for therapists who live and work in rural communities, because

Opening up with someone could be scary, but it also strengthens the relationship based on the amount of information shared. Disclosure plays an important role as relationships develop (Alder 281). During the Thanksgiving week, Saman and Sana went through the “silence” disclosure style. More specifically, Saman went through the silence disclosure style. This disclosure style, one keeps their thoughts and feelings to themselves. Initially, Saman kept quiet about her feelings until it became too much for her to bear. This then turned to catharsis. Saman needed to get her feelings off of her chest in hopes to restore their relationship. In other words, she was trying to restore and maintain their relationship.

Whatever problem or accomplishment, we turn to each other to share those details about our lives. However, this only came from me realizing that becoming vulnerable is okay. Shared experiences play a vital role in building trust among

Although the risks associated with self-disclosure can be dangerous, the rewards of self-disclosure can be very beneficial. You can gain self-knowledge, communication and relationship effectiveness and physiological health. While watching the film, Ordinary People, I was able to identify many examples of self-disclosure between the charters in the film. The film, Ordinary People, is about a family who has a very hard time dealing with the sudden and tragic death of their son.

opening up to others, being vulnerable and showing our flaws can be a scary thought. We risk

There are many instances where my family and even my closest friends question why I am so reserved. They sometimes ask me why I am unable to fully open up and talk about my thoughts and feelings like they are able to and I never had an answer. I was never able to figure out why I am this way until I took this test. I realized that being a private person is one of the weaknesses of my personality type and that it is very common amongst INFJ’s. This is something that is in fact easily noticeable based on the type of person I am. I like to keep my thoughts and feelings to myself. I find I very difficult to fully trust those around me. Finding someone I can fully trust whether it may be a friend or a love interest is like finding a needle in a haystack. Being a private person has made me worried about my future life and it makes me wonder if I will ever find someone who can fully understand and relate to me. I wonder if ill ever be able to find some whom I can blindly trust. In order for me to find those whom I can trust, I have realized that I need to let myself loose. I have learned to confide in a few of my closest friends. I have learned that sharing my thoughts and feeling with those whom I’m close to not only makes our relationship stronger but it makes me feel lighter. It makes me feel as if a weight load has been lifted off my chest and restores my trust in

Social penetration theory believes relationships can progress from platonic to intimate through increasing self-disclosure (West & Turner, 2010, pp. 168-169). During the initial stages of a relationship, self-disclosure needs to be reciprocated, in order for trust to form (Wright, 2017). Any relationship can evolve by using social penetration theory; it is not specific to any one type of relationship. However, talking about sensitive topics is not easy, and can lead to a person feeling vulnerable. Consequently, it is imperative, during the initial stages of a relationship, that self- disclosure is reciprocated, in order to form trust (West & Turner, 2010, pp. 168-169 & Wright, 2017). Social penetration theory predicts nonintimate

In conclusion, self-disclosure is important in relationship. “These mutual disclosures have increased your vulnerability to being hurt or taken advantage of by the other person, and fact that you have invested so much of yourself may make it difficult to disrupt or to end the relationship” (Sole, 2011). As mentioned above, genders have many roles that are different but share some similarities. Rather being married or in a relationship, quality communication is the key to successful relationship. I hope one day that I will find a partner to share this information with one day.

One must be more open about their relationship, and they should find it acceptable to communicate with others about their predicaments and hardships. Nevertheless, a

Learning about self-disclosure in this course, has been insightful in understanding the positive aspects of self-disclosure and how it can improve us physiologically, affects productivity, help reduce stress and

Open communication is important to me. That doesn’t mean becoming best friends but at the same time be personable and treat one another the same as you would want to be treated. I am a private person and don’t share much personal information about myself. I choose when and with whom to share my personal life; however, I do like to socialize.

In emerging adulthood, many people experience the need to share their personal life with someone else. Erikson name for this crisis is intimacy versus isolation and emerging adults and many older adults know this feeling very well (Berger, 2014, p. 551). As emerging adults begin feeling the need for human connection, friendships and intimate relationships deepen for this reason (Berger, 2014, p. 551). As a senior in high school my friends became an extremely important part of my life, we told each other everything and the need for human connection was evident as I always wanted to be with my friends and share my personal life with them. I had, and currently have, the same 2 friends that I would confide in about boy problems, health

Self-disclosure is the voluntary sharing of personal history, preferences, attitudes, feelings, values, secrets, etc. with another person (Griffin, p. 97). As stated in the introduction Altman and Taylor look at relationships as an “onions.” The different layers are representative of different feelings of a person. When

To disclose or not to disclose?, That question usually comes when you start a new relationship with a friend, a boy friend, a new job or any new relationship, but disclosing can also happen with people we have known for a long time or not. Scholars define self-disclosure as sharing information with others that they would not normally know or discover, but I feel like each person has his or her own way of defining what self closure is. To me, self disclosure is letting myself go and trusting the person I am disclosing to, it involves risk and vulnerability on my part sharing important information to someone. Therefore I go back to the question I posed before, do I trust this person or not, do I love this person to feel my vulnerability, do

Individuals have different levels of disclosure and when combined with another individual’s disclosure level can have positive or negative outcomes. The decision to communicate can also cause uncertainty within relationships. Prior research was conducted to try and measure what exactly causes the uncertainty and negative results to show up in a relationship. Intimacy, security, problematic events, and irritations are all different elements that can be stronger or weaker in the relationship based on the disclosure (Theiss and Solomon 2006).