On the question of self-disclosure by the analyst: Error or advance in technique?

The question of self-disclosure by the analyst and its uses in treatment is an issue widely debated today. In this paper; the author reviews this cont roversial technique from historical and contemporary points of view, deline ates several forms of self-disclosure, and, by means of several clinical ex amples, discusses the effects on the patient and the analytic process of ut ilizing one or another Kind of self-disclosure in these particular situatio ns.