Effects of Reflection, Probing and Paradoxical Therapist Responses on Client Self-Acceptance
Description:
Client self-acceptance is a crucial element of mental health and a goal of psychotherapy. It has been demonstrated that client self-disclosure in psychotherapy is instrumental in the promotion of self-acceptance. Reflection, probing, and paradoxical therapist responses frequently are used to elicit self-disclosure. Cognitive dissonance theory was used to provide a theoretical understanding of these techniques and their use in the promotion of self-acceptance. Reflection, probing, and paradoxica…
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Date:
August 1982
Creator:
Robertson, Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Anne)
Partner:
UNT Libraries