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Therapeutic Use of Self: A Technique for Psychotherapy and Healing from Trauma, Lecture notes of Psychotherapy
The Therapeutic Use of Self is a technique used in psychotherapy, Occupational Therapy, and Nursing. It involves the conscious use of one's personality and knowledge, thoughtful self-disclosure, and non-verbal language. The technique aims to benefit the patient by recognizing the power differential between the provider and the patient and using it to buffer the power imbalance. the use of Therapeutic Use of Self in treating issues of attachment, using the case study of Isa, a patient with a significant history of trauma and opioid dependence.
What you will learn
- What is the Therapeutic Use of Self technique and how is it used in psychotherapy?
- What role does intentional self-disclosure play in the Therapeutic Use of Self technique?
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Therapeutic Use of Self
Therapeutic Use of Self: What is it?
- A technique used in psychotherapy, Occupational Therapy & Nursing
- Conscious use of one’s personality and knowledge
- Involves thoughtful self-disclosure & non verbal language
- “The use of oneself in such a way that one becomes an effective tool in the evaluation and intervention process”
- Our proposal: Therapeutic Use of Self to treat issues of attachment
Therapeutic Use of Self: Buffering the Power Differential
- There is an inherent power difference between a provider
and a patient
- Therapeutic Use of Self recognizes the existence of
different kinds of power and uses that to benefit the patient
Lets talk about Isa…
VIDEO:
Karen Rentas,
Isa’s Story
Therapeutic Use of Self: Using Intentional Self-Disclosure
- Affect refers to an observable expression of emotion Tearful Flat Tensed Forehead (worried, surprise)
- Selectively disclosing how I feel in response to what the patient is sharing, in a way that is therapeutically beneficial A patient discloses with great difficulty a traumatic experience. Provider internally responds with racing heart and some discomfort in stomach. Provider decides to disclose part of his/her reaction; “wow, as you were telling me what happened, I could feel it in my stomach… I could feel how overwhelming that was for you”
Therapeutic Use of Self: Using Intentional Self-Disclosure