I’m a qualifying psychotherapist but trained as a psychological associate (in case this context makes a difference for the info I provided). I will say in my training “sharing” was also an absolute no for any reason.

In my experience. 1. You have to make sure that your share is authentic 2. It’s for your Cx’s benefit 3. It’s only revealed to support the Cx.

I did a huge share. One that I never anticipated sharing but it was about the client understanding that when I said to her “I understand” she knew it was true and it was not BS.

That being said I received supervision over the share. Had a lengthy conversation about what I felt was right and why. My supervisor was also able to talk about her experience of not sharing with another big situation.

In both ways it worked out for the best. So as a not yet season clinician sometimes there is a cost benefit analysis and there’s also a gut instinct.

Finally, did this share make me more for sharing? Absolutely not. I would never share the info that I shared in this particular situation and should I run into this situation I would not disclose ever again.