Darla Bjork MD’s research while affiliated with Ground Zero Pharmaceuticals and other places

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Disclosure and the Development of Trust in the Therapeutic Setting
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April 2004

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Journal of Lesbian Studies

Darla Bjork MD

This essay describes my personal path towards becoming an openly lesbian therapist, the internalized homophobia that interfered with this evolution, and the impact of this process on my patients. I then explore the interplay between when and how the therapist and/or the patient disclose in therapy, the link between homophobia and shame to the fear of disclosure, and the subsequent development of a more trusting therapeutic relationship that results from disclosure.

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... Within secondary health care, studies investigated professionals' coming out as LGBTQ+ to clients and patients in the contexts of care (e.g., Price, 2010), counselling (e.g., Borden et al., 2010;Evans & Barker, 2010), but most dominantly in therapy (e.g., Bjork, 2004;Guthrie, 2006;Mathy, 2006;Porter et al., 2015;Rees-Turyn, 2007;Russell, 2006;Satterly, 2004;Sheppard, 2018;Silverman, 2001). Regarding the latter, the term 'self-disclosure' is commonly used in connection to coming out as an LGBTQ+ identifying therapist. ...

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An overview of coming out research: Introducing a three‐lens typology
Disclosure and the Development of Trust in the Therapeutic Setting
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  • April 2004

Journal of Lesbian Studies