Proceedings of the Conference of Psychology and Flourishing Humanity (PFH 2022)

Psychological Dynamics of Self-Disclosure in Counseling

Authors
Muallifah Muallifah1, *, Rohmatul Hannani1
1Maulana Malik Ibrahim Islamic State University, Malang, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: muallifahpsi@uin-malang.ac.id
Corresponding Author
Muallifah Muallifah
Available Online 31 March 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-032-9_3How to use a DOI?
Keywords
psychological dynamics; self-disclosure; counseling
Abstract

Self-disclosure is an individual’s action or ability to provide information and express thoughts and feelings related to themselves to others to create intimate and trusting relationships. Self-disclosure of assistance or in the process of counseling services in the community is low, So it has an impact on problem-solving and several cases experienced by the community. This study uses an approach with a type of phenomenological study to describe the dynamics of counselee self-disclosure during the counseling service process. The results of this study are an overview of the psychological dynamics of individuals in disclosing themselves when experiencing problems, including (a) the psychological condition of the subject; (b) the awakening of self-awareness in opening oneself to others; (c) the psychological dynamics of the self-disclosure process; finally (d) the subject gains self-understanding from self-disclosure. Individuals who do self-disclosure will get several benefits, including: (1) individuals will be able to build open communication with others; (2) individuals are also able to build familiarity with other people and able to understand their strengths and weaknesses in themselves. In addition, interpersonal communication skills are much better.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Conference of Psychology and Flourishing Humanity (PFH 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
31 March 2023
ISBN
978-2-38476-032-9
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-032-9_3How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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