Principles and Techniques of Non-Disclosure by the Therapist during Psychotherapy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13673631 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John M Curtis (Pepperdine University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 907-914 |
| Publication date | 1982-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1982.51.3.907 |
| PMID | 7163447 |
| OpenAlex | W2332445423 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 8 |
The current controversy between the psychodynamic and humanistic-existential perspectives of psychotherapy has involved the use of self-disclosure by the therapist. This practice is uniformly contraindicated in the former and consistently recommended in the latter. Less attention has been paid, however, to specifying the systematic procedures by which a “blank screen” orientation—a posture in which the clinician's anonymity is maintained—is implemented. The present discussion enunciates the principles and techniques of non-disclosing psychotherapy in which the over-all therapeutic style and specific procedures by which a “blank screen” attitude may be executed with increased uniformity and precision, minimizing adverse effects, e.g., the therapist's presentation as “cold,” “enigmatic,” or “aloof”—inferences which may attenuate the therapeutic relationship. The non-disclosing techniques presented may be used by therapists of different orientations and with various treatments
Anonymity · Blank · Epistemology · Existentialism · Orientation (vector space · Presentation (obstetrics · Psychodynamics · Psychotherapist · Self-disclosure · Therapeutic relationship · Medicine · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
The necessary and sufficient conditions of therapeutic personality change.
Social behavior
Styles of Dealing with Hostility
Emotional Elements of Mental Illness
Determinants of the Therapeutic Bond
Indications and Contraindications in the Use of Therapist's Self-Disclosure
A Linkage Theory of Personality and Psychotherapy
Effect of Therapist's Self-Disclosure on Patients' Impressions of Empathy, Competence, and Trust in an Analogue of a Psychotherapeutic Interaction
| Citations per year | 0.12 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1983 - 1985 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |