The effectiveness of outpatient-styled Intensive Naikan Therapy

Abstract

  This study reports the current situation and issues related to daily Naikan meetings where the technique of self-disclosure is used by the therapist at an outpatient addiction clinic. The aim of this study is to clarify what self-disclosure by the therapist implies to the patient during the daily Naikan meetings using a questionnaire survey and the KJ method. The results suggest that self-disclosure by the therapist is connected to a realization of equality, a consciousness of feelings of intimacy and security, and an encouragement for candid dialogue with the patients, and thus tends to be positively received by them.