The purpose of this paper is to discuss a section of Kahn's (1977) book on the therapeutic relationship. The underlying theme of the section is the dilemmas encountered by a therapist regarding self-disclosure of personal thoughts and feelings to the client. The discussion relates to counseling theory in that much of counseling theory is associated with therapist self-disclosure and its effects (both positive and negative) on the therapeutic relationship (Peterson & Nisenholz, 1994). In general, this section of the book not only explicates the nature of the dilemmas that arise in consideration of whether or not to self-disclose (and, if so, how), it also provides some illustrations of the difficulties that well-known therapists (e.g., Kohut, Rogers, etc.) have had in dealing with the dilemmas. Also, the section lists those personal behaviors that a therapist, any therapist, must give in his/her work with clients.
For example, it is noted that there must be a maximal effort to understand the client, and that there must be some communication to the client that this maximal effort is being made. Further, the section organizes the
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