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I think T's self-disclosure is an individual thing and majority or minority don't matter a whit.

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It also depends on what their therapeutic approach is. I believe those references you cited, ECHOES, are more in the psychodynamic field? That is one that models therapist neutrality and little self disclosure. So although what you wrote may be a given for psychodynamic work, it is not necessarily so for other approaches. My T is eclectic, with a strong humanistic streak, an approach that values therapist self-disclosure. Still, I wonder if my T had a client who hated self-disclosure, would he modify how much he self-discloses? Who knows what our T's do with their other clients? Like maybe my T only self-discloses with me, lol. (Hey, that would be cool!!) He does have a strong psychodynamic streak too, so who knows. Sometimes I want to be a fly on the wall in his therapy room and see how he is with other clients. Like, I wonder, is my therapy with him typical of what he does, or kind of weird? Does he do dreams and ego state therapy with everyone else? What if I were the fly on the wall and found out he is a closet CBT practitioner? AAAACCKK! [/flies_screaming_from_his_room] <font color="yellow">(For those who don't know, CBT does not work well with me!)</font>