Self-of-the-Therapist, Countertransference, and Self-Disclosure: Implications for Clinical Practice in the Post-Roe Era

Professionals providing abortion counseling face the intricate task of navigating the convergence of personal and professional experiences that can influence their provision of services. This perspective demands a nuanced understanding cultivated through self-of-the-therapist work that clinical components encompass identifying and managing countertransference and disclosure. Effectively negotiating this intersection between personal and professional experiences is imperative within a sociopolitical climate that may impose constraints on the provision of care, irrespective of alignment or conflict with the practitioner’s personal beliefs. Failure to adequately address such clinical components could negatively influence patient care, yielding adverse clinical outcomes.