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Reflections on Infecting the Treatment.
- Source :
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Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy . 2006, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p39-56. 18p. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- This paper discusses Gilbert Cole's book, "Infecting the Treatment: Being an HIV-Positive Analyst." The author provides some personal reflections on the outbreak of AIDS and the impact it had upon his work as a psychotherapist. The paper addresses the importance of the cognitive schemata Cole provides to psychotherapists working with seropositive patients. This paper then addresses a powerful technique, a therapist's self disclosure to a patient, upon which Cole's work focuses. Using the example of psychoanalytic strictures regarding self-disclosure, the author argues that self-disclosure is more likely to be adhered to in theory than it is in practice. The author agrees with Cole that non-disclosure is often a technique used by analysts to hide, rather than provide a therapeutic field of action. The specific case of therapists hiding their antihomosexuality when working with lesbians and gay men is used to illustrate the author's perspective. A specific case presented by Cole in his book is then used to both compare and contrast Cole and this paper's author's use of self-disclosure. The paper commends Cole's study for opening a debate on how to use countertransference and self-disclosure as tools which widen and enrich the therapeutic relationship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08917140
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21841930
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1300/J236v10n01_05