Self-Disclosure in Psychotherapy and Recovery

by Gary G. Forrest

Overview

Self-Disclosure in Psychotherapy and Recovery elucidates a diversity of self-disclosure topics that pertain to a wide range of issues impacting every facet of the process and outcome of psychotherapy relationships. This book represents a seminal contribution to the counseling and psychotherapy literature specific to chemical dependency counseling, addictions-focused therapy, and the self-help based recovery model.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765707277
Publisher:	Aronson, Jason Inc.
Publication date:	12/20/2011
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	164
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Gary G. Forrest, EdD, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and executive director of Psychotherapy Associates, PC, and the Institute for Addictive Behavioral Change in Colorado Springs.

Table of Contents

1 Contents 2 Foreword 3 Preface 4 Acknowledgments Chapter 5 1. Introduction Chapter 6 2. Self-Disclosure in Counseling and Psychotherapy Chapter 7 3. Therapist Theoretical Orientation and Self-Disclosure in Psychotherapy Chapter 8 4. The Effects of Therapist and Client Self-Disclosure in Psychotherapy Chapter 9 5. Ethics and Self-Disclosure in Psychotherapy Chapter 10 6. Self-Disclosure, Addiction and the Recovery Process Chapter 11 7. Therapist and Client Self-Disclosure in Chemical Dependency Counseling Chapter 12 8. Client and Therapist Perspectives on Self-Disclosure and Recovery 13 Bibliography 14 Index 15 About the Author

Editorial Reviews

[T]he book by Gary G. Forrest represents an essential resource for counselors and psychotherapists: it is the first so informed and comprehensive examination of client and therapist self-disclosure and of their interdependence in therapeutic relationships. ... Forrest's book can be considered a well-informed personal research expanding Jourard's provoking view on effective therapists, who avoid compulsion to silence, to reflection, to interpretation, to impersonal technique, but instead are striving to know their patient, involve themselves in his situation and employ their powers in the service of his well-being and growth.

Metapsychology Online

Dr. Forrest's book is a pioneering effort to explore the difficult and controversial arena of therapist self-disclosure in the treatment setting. He examines the range of options suggested by different approaches to therapy for how, when, and how much self-disclosure is therapeutically beneficial and looks at the ethical issues inherent in counselor self-disclosure. This book is recommended for students and counselors/therapists early in their careers and will serve as a refresher for seasoned veterans of the therapy arena.

Bruce Carruth

Self-Disclosure in Psychotherapy and Recovery should be required reading for all psychotherapists and counselors. Therapists and clinicians who treat alcoholics and people with various drug problems and other addictions will especially benefit from reading this book. Dr. Forrest writes with clarity, insight, and an incisive understanding of the therapeutic uses and management of therapist and client self-disclosure in effective psychotherapy relationships. This text presents the first in-depth and comprehensive examination of therapist and client self-disclosure in psychotherapy relationships and therapeutic work with chemically dependent people. Counselor trainees, graduate psychology students, supervisors and faculty, and experienced therapists and clinicians from diverse professional backgrounds alike will find this book to be stimulating, provocative, thought provoking, and helpful.

William Glasser M.D

[T]he book by Gary G. Forrest represents an essential resource for counselors and psychotherapists: it is the first so informed and comprehensive examination of client and therapist self-disclosure and of their interdependence in therapeutic relationships. ... Forrest's book can be considered a well-informed personal research expanding Jourard's provoking view on effective therapists, who avoid compulsion to silence, to reflection, to interpretation, to impersonal technique, but instead are striving to know their patient, involve themselves in his situation and employ their powers in the service of his well-being and growth.

Metapsychology Online Reviews

Self-Disclosure in Psychotherapy and Recovery should be required reading for all psychotherapists and counselors. Therapists and clinicians who treat alcoholics and people with various drug problems and other addictions will especially benefit from reading this book. Dr. Forrest writes with clarity, insight, and an incisive understanding of the therapeutic uses and management of therapist and client self-disclosure in effective psychotherapy relationships. This text presents the first in-depth and comprehensive examination of therapist and client self-disclosure in psychotherapy relationships and therapeutic work with chemically dependent people. Counselor trainees, graduate psychology students, supervisors and faculty, and experienced therapists and clinicians from diverse professional backgrounds alike will find this book to be stimulating, provocative, thought provoking, and helpful.

William Glasser