Now I'm really wondering what kind of self-disclosure would lead to disciplinary action. My therapist disclosed something to me that I was very surprised that he chose to disclose because it was very personal, but it was entirely relevant to what I was sharing with him and he chose to disclose this to me so there would be no question of him judging me negatively for what I was talking about. I would think that self-disclosure is up to the individual therapist's judgement about what would be beneficial for the client. Do therapist's governing bodies really have hard and fast rules about self-disclosure?