Jaquelyn Liss Resnick

Some Effects of Self-Disclosure Among College Women

Experience from psychotherapy shows that the majority of patients commence the psychotherapeutic relationship with many resistances to authentic and spontaneous self-disclosure; however, as the relationship unfolds, they become more able to reveal their unexpurgated experience to the therapist. This suggests there is something about the behavior of the therapist that affects the disclosing behavior of the patient. The senior author (Jourard, 1964, 1968) proposed that authentic disclosure from the therapist functions both as an invitational &dquo;model&dquo; to be emulated by the patient and as a &dquo;reinforcer&dquo; of self-disclosure from the patient. Powell (1964, 1967) provided some support for this view. He demonstrated that the most powerful &dquo;reinforcer&dquo; of self-disclosing behavior in a subject participating in an experimental interview was self-disclosure from the interviewer. When the interviewer responded to a subject’s disclosures with relevant authentic disclosure of his own, it increased the subject’s disclosure output more than did approvingsupporting responses and reflection-restatement responses. This finding was supported by studies of Himelstein and Kimbrough (1963) and Chittick and Himelstein (1967). It appears that self-disclosing behavior from one person functions as an invitation to another person

Chapter 5. Evidence-Based Practice for Treatment of Eating Disorders

Abstract The purpose of this chapter is to review the status of evidence-based practice (EBP) for the treatment of students with eating disorders in university and college counseling centers. Several issues affecting the application of the research findings to service delivery for eating disordered students will be addressed. These include discussion of EBP research paradigms, populations studied, treatment interventions selected, other salient variables examined, utilization of appropriate assessment indices and meaningful outcome measures, and multicultural considerations. EBP relevant guidelines, implications and suggestions for future directions in college mental health are presented.

Chapter 4: From Hate to Healing: Sexual Assault Recovery

Summary This case demonstrates the use of brief therapy with a young woman who experienced a vicious sexual assault within a dating relationship. Complex family of origin issues and prior history of problematic relationships, including a stalking episode, complicated her response. The recovery process is elaborated in terms of specific critical incidents within a feminist context.