This course will discuss the advantages and pitfalls of the therapist’s use of self-disclosure in the therapy session. Participants will understand the compelling feelings that cause therapists to disclose information to clients, the idea of role-reversal that accompanies it, and other motivators to self-disclosure. This course will empower clinicians to make ethically backed choices in the use of self-disclosure. Themes discussed will include: the risk of role reversal, manipulation, companionship that takes place in deliberate self disclosure, as well as the healing components that occur in judicious self-disclosure.
https://nefesh.org/workshops/SelfDisclosurein/viewFREE WEBINAR
Self-Disclosure in Practice and Ethics...What Can Go Right?
Previously Recorded
Presenter: Moshe Norman, LCSW SIFI
Course Length: 3 Hours
Learning Objectives:
- Identify 3 types of detrimental self-disclosures
- Recognize how to use discretion in the process of self disclosure for ethical and appropriate therapeutic gains
- Identify at least two therapeutic circumstances in which self-disclosure is indicated
This workshop Offers 3 Continuing Education Credits
This webinar is recorded and will not grant live credits.
This course will discuss the advantages and pitfalls of the therapist’s use of self-disclosure in the therapy session. Participants will understand the compelling feelings that cause therapists to disclose information to clients, the idea of role-reversal that accompanies it, and other motivators to self-disclosure. This course will empower clinicians to make ethically backed choices in the use of self-disclosure. Themes discussed will include: the risk of role reversal, manipulation, companionship that takes place in deliberate self disclosure, as well as the healing components that occur in judicious self-disclosure.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify 3 types of detrimental self-disclosures
- Recognize how to use discretion in the process of self disclosure for ethical and appropriate therapeutic gains
- Identify at least two therapeutic circumstances in which self-disclosure is indicated
Agenda:
- Defining self-disclosure:
- What is a self-disclosure?
- Definitions based on literature
- What are the four types of self-disclosure?
- What are things that compel the therapist to disclose?
- What ethical challenges can arise in self-disclosure?
- Video
- Four types of deliberate self-disclosure
- The four motives
- Exploitation in self-disclosure
- What is Judicious self-disclosure?
- Understanding our Reactions
- Video role plays and actual session video clips highlighting different forms of disclosure
- Reacting more effectively
- Choice of wording
- Timing of self-disclosure
- Which clients can benefit and when
- Concluding the intervention - follow up plan
- Review and Summarize
This presentation is open to:
- Social Workers
- Professional Counselors
- Therapists
- Psychologists
- Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
- Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
- Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
- New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
- Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
- Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
- Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives
Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.
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- NEFESH International is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Mental Health Counselor #MHC-0082
- CE You! is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland.
CE You! maintains responsibility for this program. - NEFESH International is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0046
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