Client concealment and self-presentation in therapy

Comment on Kelly (2000)

Bibliographic Data

ID4420060
AuthorsClara E Hill (0000-0003-4334-0825, University of Maryland, College Park), Charles J Gelso (0000-0002-8741-7794), Jonathan J Mohr (0000-0002-3350-5860)
Year2000
Volume126
Issue4
Pages495-500
Publication date2000-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Bulletin (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2909 • E-ISSN: 1939-1455
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/0033-2909.126.4.495
PMID10900991
OpenAlexW2085491617
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited23

The authors disagree with A. E. Kelly's (2000) conclusions that clients conceal things from therapists primarily for self-presentational reasons and that client concealment is positively related to positive therapy process and outcome. They also disagree with A. E. Kelly regarding the implications of self-presentation theory for therapy. Their review of the research suggests that clients do not conceal much from therapists, that what they do conceal involves many different kinds of information hidden for many different reasons, that therapists have wide variability in being able to detect hidden client material, and that the relationship of client concealment and therapist awareness of client concealment with therapy process and outcome is not clear. Finally, the authors discuss their views about implications of client concealment and self-presentation for therapy

Aesthetics · Outcome (game theory) · Presentation (obstetrics) · Presentational and representational acting · Process (computing) · Psychotherapist · Therapeutic relationship · Computer Science · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Medicine · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy

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