Self Discloser in therapy

Self Discloser in Therapy

Self disclosure, as the name suggests, refers to unveiling information consciously or unconsciously. The information is essentially about oneself and is by nature considered to be private. It is more related to feelings, emotions, grievances, failures, dreams, and wishes. Yet, it can also be something that is embarrassing to disclose openly in the public. It is a form of behavioral interdependence and includes perceptions of the revelation of a partner. These behaviors (one's own revelation) and perceptions (the revelation of perceived partner) should have an impact on knowledge of self and partner compatibility (cognitive) and the affect on the relationship (satisfaction). Personal attributes also determine how people react. The concept of self disclosure is taken as a double sided concept. This means that the concept of self disclosure is applicable on both the person's disclosures and his/her partner's disclosures.

The concept of self disclosure is considered to be an act or behavior that engages in itself the most important aspect of defenselessness and the factor of the trust. In the adult working models the main factor to be considered is trust, and as the researches show that instead of measuring or taking the concept of self disclosure as the physical theme we take it as an emotional theme, thus the concept of self disclosure can be an important measurement in the adult exploration system. A person can be easily affected by the self disclosure (Flaherty, 1979). This effect can be both positive and negative. Self disclosure can have an effect on a person in several ways. One is that those people, who cannot share their feelings or in other words cannot disclose that what they actually are, always have trouble when it comes to satisfy a relationship. However, there are situation where one should not disclose.

Self disclosure can be really harmful when the person to whom the information is being revealed is not trustworthy and will use that information to harm you. This happens commonly in the business scenarios where different methods are applied to drive people in the unconscious stage and extract confidential information from them. Self-disclosure thus, should be wisely done taking into account the intentions of other person (Bareket-Bojmel et al, 2011). There can be four approaches to self disclosure in relatively positive way.

Self disclosure should be a deliberate effort by the individual; there are two kinds of deliberate self disclosures; self-revealing ...