61st Annual Conference

Workshop 105
Authenticity and Self-Disclosure in Group Analysis 

Chair:              

Arnold Rachman, Ph.D., FAGPA, Clinical Professor of Psychology, Adelphi

University, Garden City, New York

A relational framework will be presented which focus on the analyst’s authenticity as part of the curative process.  Judicious vs. conspicuous self-disclosure will be explored with an aim to delineating the clinical use of analyst authenticity.

sharing of work experiences-experiential-didactic-demonstration

References:

1. Ferencsi, S. (1928). The elasticity of psychoanalytic technique. In, Final Contribution to the

    Theory and Problem of Psychoanalysis. NY: Brunner/Mazel.

2. Rachman, A. (2003). Psychotherapy of Difficult Cases: Flexibility and Responsiveness in

    Contemporary Clinical Practice. Madison, CT: Psychological Press. 

3. Renik, O. (1995). Ideal of anonymous analyst and the problem of self-disclosure.

    Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 64, 466-495.