Chipping Away at the Blank Screen: Therapist Self-Disclosure and the Real Relationship

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dc.contributor.advisorGelso, Charlesen_US
dc.contributor.authorAin, Stacieen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-24T06:30:10Z
dc.date.available2009-01-24T06:30:10Z
dc.date.issued2008-08-19en_US
dc.description.abstractThe present study examined clients' perceptions of their real relationships with their therapists, the appropriateness of the amount of their therapists' self-disclosures, and their therapy outcomes. Ninety-four former clients completed measures of these variables. A positive correlation was found between the strength of their real relationships and their therapy outcomes. A positive correlation was also found between the relevance of the self-disclosures and their therapy outcomes. In addition, clients who felt that their therapists self disclosed an appropriate amount had stronger real relationships and better outcomes than clients who felt that their therapists did not disclose enough. Overall the results imply that therapists should self-disclose an appropriate amount of information that is relevant to their clients.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/8722
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychology, Clinicalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledReal Relationshipen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledTherapist Self-Disclosureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledTherapy Outcomeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSelf-Disclosureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledTherapeutic Relationshipen_US
dc.titleChipping Away at the Blank Screen: Therapist Self-Disclosure and the Real Relationshipen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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