LBSU 302

Week 5- Finding Empirical Articles

My Journey Continues…….

           

Hello again fellow bloggers and classmates! This week has been exciting and

exhausting, and I am sorry to say that I am glad it is almost over. I am not sure if 

have a tough subject to tackle or if I am just not that good at research just yet.

Regardless of which one, the research process is extremely time intensive for me.

Upside, however long it takes me, I am happy with my results once again. I was 

able to find an article written about a study done on the effects of therapist self-

disclosure on the outcome of the therapy itself. With my question being, “when is 

it ethical for therapists to self-disclose?” my research can go in many directions. I 

could look at the ethics attached to therapy, the ethics associated with therapist 

self –disclosure, the when and the what of therapist self-disclosure, and the effects

of therapist self-disclosure on the client. Additionally, I could look at how 

therapist self-disclosure effects the therapist-client relationship. In reality, I will 

need to look at all of these aspects in order to answer my question.

            While doing my research this week, I stumbled upon several questions 

closely related to my topic. One question is, how therapist self-disclosure effects a 

client’s willingness to self-disclose? Another is, how does therapist self-disclosure 

effect a therapist’s credibility with a client? Additionally, I am interested to know 

how clients perceive therapist self-disclosure.  One more issue I want to explore is 

whether withholding therapist disclosure impairs treatment.

            I have learned so much over the last few weeks about my topic due to all of

my newly learned research strategies. I still find it difficult to find specific 

information in Leatherby Libraries, but have learned new Google strategies to 

help with that. For instance, you can Google Scholarly Articles on a specific 

subject. Most of the time you will find what you are looking for, but you will not 

have full access to it. That is when Leatherby Library comes in, at least for me. 

           Well that is all for now fellow bloggers! Thanks again for reading my blogs 

and I will see you next week!