title: Therapist self-disclosure with children, adolescents, and their parents.
abstract: Many therapists who work with children and adolescents make extensive use of self-disclosure. However, these interventions have received little attention in the literature, and the basis for using them has not been well established. A developmental/relational perspective on the therapeutic process provides a cogent foundation using therapist self-disclosure with children, adolescents, and their parents. Therapist self-disclosure facilitates the negotiation of many important therapeutic tasks. Clinicians working with children and adolescents almost always work concurrently with parents, yet the nature of this work has not been clearly conceptualized. I advance a collaborative model for parent work, highlighting the essential role of therapist self-disclosure. Extensive clinical examples of therapist self-disclosure with children, adolescents, and their parents are provided.
authors.affiliation: William Alanson White Institute, New York, NY 10023, USA. rgaines@psychoanalysis.net
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gaines
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012649:Self Concept; D012650:Self Disclosure