Disclosure as a therapist?
So I’ve been practicing for almost a year now. I was taught to disclose very little if anything at all to patients as it can lead to unconscious bias (per the other therapists I learned from). We practice a more psychoanalytical model, so no disclosure is extremely important.
I have been trying to find myself a therapist, but every one I have done an intake with ends up telling me so many things once they ask what I do for work. The therapist I met with Tuesday ended up telling me that she doesn’t think she needs to do therapy herself, disclosed her daughter and husbands mental health diagnoses, told me about her grandsons graduation, and told me about her political views… all in one appointment (the initial intake).
my previous therapist told me about her religious views, her daughter’s mental health and substance use issues as well as her mother’s alcoholism.
Is this an issue anyone seems to deal with? I’m going to therapy myself to help with my own issues and not to hear about anyone else’s issues while off the clock. I just want an hour with a professional bi-weekly to get some perspective and help as a new therapist and person in general.
Any advice?