Opening Up: Therapist Self-Disclosure in Theory, Research, and Practice

While most therapists report that they do disclose some information about themselves to their clients, therapist self-disclosure
continues to be both controversial and nebulous in clinical theory, research, and practice. This article considers what makes
therapist self-disclosure so challenging to define and study and provides an overview of the empirical and theoretical literature.
It then concludes with a consideration of therapist self-disclosure in contemporary legal, ethical, and technological contexts
of clinical work.