Self Disclosure And Its Parts

Self-disclosure is an important part of any close relationship. Without sharing our own fears and weaknesses, we can

This paper is being submitted to Steven Mendoza, Ph.D., MSCP in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Law and Ethics, PSY627, on January 24, 2015.

Chemical Dependency counselors have quite a few ethical dilemmas to deal with. Therapists that are in recovery may confront some even more complex dilemmas, opposed to those who are not. There is a high percentage of addiction counselors that are in recovery. In fact, 55% of 36,000 members of the National Association of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Counselors (NAADAC) are recovering alcoholics and 21% are recovering from some other chemical dependency. This brings up two sides to counselors in recovery. "There is something about the personal experience that assists counselors to being especially attentive to the needs of the recovering client." On the other hand, counselors bringing personal

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

While I was conducting my research on the increase of self-disclosure through means of CMC, I had an interesting encounter with a colleague who recently lost his wife to brain cancer this past year. He has been struggling through the grieving process and is a frequent user of social media in his personal and professional life. During his grieving process, he posted a quote from a book called A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis accompanying it was a brief synopsis of his struggles with overcoming his loss and his hardships with understanding the grieving process. This particular occasion piqued my interest because he specifically chose to post this information to Instagram and was extremely adamant about not posting it to Facebook. I began

We engage in self-disclosure when we choose to tell others more about ourselves. The information we share can range from superficial, like saying you play a sport, to in-depth, like discussing how that sport has affected your life and decisions. Self-disclosure presents an opportunity for partners to establish and build upon their relationships with each other, depending on various elements of the disclosure, such as time, place, the individuals involved and their responses, and, of course, the information that is shared. This process leads us to the Social Penetration Theory, which, at its core, centers around self-disclosure and its influence on relationships

The first communication studies class I took, besides public speaking, was Introduction to Communication Theory (COM 200) at Eastern Arizona College. This course provided me with the determination to stick with my degree and fueled the passion I already felt for observing communication patterns around me. I was particularly fascinated by the theories describing the process of building relationships. Social penetration theory, is of particular interest to me as it attempts to predict the outcome of a relationship based on the beginning stages of self-disclosure (Griffin, 2012). Social penetration assumes that an appropriate breadth and depth of disclosure determine relational success (Houser, 2014). Social Penetration Theory works closely with Social Exchange Theory, in that self-disclosure happens when perceived benefits outweigh the costs. Though Social Penetration Theory deals exclusively with

The article continues by defining the concepts and theories crucial to understanding the topic at hand. The disclosure-intimacy link is a theory which states that self-disclosure is directly proven to “foster intimacy in a relationship” (Sternberg,1988). The Hyperpersonal model sets out to explain the reason why “some online relationships tend to be more intimate than FTF relationships” (Parks & Floyd, 1996). The Hyperpersonal Model states that CMC can be Hyperpersonal

The feeling I had with this is because I thought it was bad to have self-disclosure, really it’s not. My opinion about this was that why do we have self-disclosure about things, when speaking from your feelings is that you express who you are.

Self-disclosure is hard for me, because I feel the clients may use it against me.

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).

I think Self Disclosure is a slippery slope because if we let to much about ourselves we can experience a role reversal and if we do not disclose enough we may loose the client. I do think that drawing this line is difficult because as counselors we know the importance of connecting with the client and a shared personal experience is like creating an instant connection with another person. Our experiences give us the ability to empathize more deeply then just trying to put ourselves in someone else situation. I think I would have the most problem with self disclosure because I tend to be very open about my life, and things I have gone through I do not shy from sharing a personal experience. I like to help and

Consequently, we judge that where subsidiary privacy interests collide with and compromise the superordinate ethic of relationship equality, the right of way falls in favor of the superordinate ethic and a facilitated disclosure of relationship-relevant information. We recommend as a starting point a nascent model for facilitated disclosure outlined by Butler et al. (2008). In relation to compulsive or serial sexual infidelity as well as non-serial infidelity, the work of Schneider, Corley, Schneider, and others provides highly relevant perspective on the facilitation and process of disclosure in therapy as well as protocols for relationship repair following disclosure (Corley & Schneider, 2002a, 2002bb; Schneider & Corley, 2002; Schneider, Corley, & Irons, 1998; Schneider & Schneider, 1989,

The importance of this sub-section is to demonstrate how shame can have an impact on the amount of disclosure in therapy. It has been suggested that a lack of disclosure can influence therapeutic outcome. Based on research, participants have identified one of the reasons that they are unwilling to disclose is due to fear of the reaction of the therapist. The purpose of discussing shame and disclosure in therapy is to highlight how non-disclosure can be problematic with clients who feel shame in therapy. This is further emphasized by Lewis’ (1971) findings that in the therapeutic relationship, patients may not be aware of their feelings as shame (unidentified shame) and as such, will use other words to point to the shame experience. This means that therapists must be aware of the impact that the relational context has on clients who feel shame.

study, they were able to explore the sensemaking process (2004). In doing so, they explored the