Abstract

In this article, we present a review of the #MeToo movement alongside therapeutic, feminist self-disclosure by situating feminist self-disclosure in dialogue with and in response to the current #MeToo era of mainstream self-disclosures regarding sexual violence. We consider issues of transference and countertransference when therapists who are survivors work with survivors of sexual violence in therapy, and we employ the categories of the Feminist Self-Disclosure Scale as a guiding framework for the possible benefits of therapist self-disclosure in relation to #MeToo. We discuss different and provocative ways in which feminist clinicians conceptualize self-disclosure as compared to dominant therapeutic models, while also exploring potential ethical questions. Importantly, we present eight suggested practices that have developed through our engagement with clinical work. These suggested practices range from exploring the therapist’s use of office décor to utilizing supervision as a modality for discussing survivorship; within each suggested practice, we provide a clinical example to illuminate the practice and provide a concrete way in which the reader might employ the practice. We also provide ideas for therapists who are not survivors themselves to convey allyship.

摘要

在本文中，我们通过将女权主义的自我表露置于与当前关于性暴力的主流自我表露的#MeToo 时代的对话和回应中，对#MeToo 运动以及治疗性的女权主义自我表露进行了回顾。当幸存者治疗师在治疗中与性暴力幸存者一起工作时，我们会考虑移情和反移情问题，并且我们采用女权主义自我表露量表的类别作为指导框架，以了解治疗师自我表露可能带来的好处 #我也是。我们讨论了与主流治疗模式相比，女权主义临床医生将自我表露概念化的不同且具有挑衅性的方式，同时也探索了潜在的伦理问题。重要的，我们提出了八项建议实践，这些实践是通过我们参与临床工作而发展起来的。这些建议的实践范围从探索治疗师对办公室装饰的使用到利用监督作为讨论幸存者的一种方式；在每个建议的实践中，我们都提供了一个临床示例来阐明该实践，并提供读者可以采用该实践的具体方式。我们还为本身不是幸存者的治疗师提供传达盟友关系的想法。