The Ethics of Self-Disclosure – Ray Little, Karen Minikin, Carole Shadbolt and Heather Fowlie (chair)

In this thoughtful panel discussion, Ray Little, Karen Minikin, Carole Shadbolt, delve into the complex and nuanced ethics of therapist self-disclosure in relational work. Drawing on relational TA principles and clinical experience, they examine when sharing personal information can enhance mutuality and strengthen the therapeutic alliance — and when it may, for example, risk distorting the relationship or disempowering the client.

The panel navigates the fine balance between transparency and professional boundaries, highlighting power dynamics and ethical considerations that therapists face daily. This recording invites reflective listening and is an essential resource for psychotherapists aiming to engage ethically and authentically with their clients.

This recording is ideal for psychotherapists wanting to deepen their understanding and gain practical insights regarding judicial use of self-disclosure

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This webinar was originally recorded on the 18^th February 2023

Video lecture – 2hr and 25 mins

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Heather Fowlie is a TSTA working in private practice as a psychotherapist, supervisor and trainer in Surrey. She is a founder member of IARTA and is particularly interested in integrating other models of psychotherapy, especially object relations, within a relational approach to transactional analysis.

Ray Little is a trained and qualified practitioner with over forty years of professional experience. He originally trained as a clinical transactional analyst (TA) and has since undertaken further in-depth study and training in psychodynamic approaches to therapy and supervision. His current approach consists of a combination of relational transactional analysis and psychodynamic theory. He works as a psychotherapist and as a supervisor and trainer. Ray is a member of the International Transactional Analysis Association (ITAA), Metanoia Institute, London and is a UKCP registered psychotherapist and supervisor. He is also a founding member of the International Association for Relational Transactional Analysis (IARTA). France. In 2019 Ray was presented with the Eric Berne Memorial Award (EBMA) “in recognition of an original and highly significant theoretical and practical contribution made.

Karen Minikin is a psychotherapist, supervisor and trainer (TSTA (P)) currently working in West Somerset and Devon. She draws on history with personal life experience and uses this in relating to help integrate the psychodynamics of politics and power within a relational framework. She has written on these themes in chapters of books and articles, and her book, Radical-Relational Perspectives in TA Psychotherapy, was published in September 2023.

Carole Shadbolt lives and practices in the United Kingdom. In a long career, she originally trained as a social worker and worked both as a generic as well as a specialist psychiatric social worker at The Maudsley Hospital, part of the Institute of Psychiatry in London. She qualified as a Transactional Analyst Metanoia under the tutelage of Petruska Clarkson, Sue Fish and Maria Gilbert. Carole worked as a tutor for many years at Metanoia Institute on their MSc in Relational Transactional Analysis programme. She maintains an independent psychotherapy and supervisory practice in Oxfordshire. A relational psychotherapist by instinct, Carole is a published author and a founder member of the International Association of Relational Transactional Analysis and serves on their Steering group. She has been “out” since the late seventies, and her abiding interest is in LGBTQ + issues and diversity.