ABSTRACT
The subject of self-disclosure has received increased attention in the clinical literature. Whether presented as a concept or a technique, self-disclosure rarely has a clear and unitary meaning. In this chapter, I suggest that selfdisclosure is best understood as existing along a continuum with three distinct perspectives or levels. An examination of the differences in these perspectives, as well as attention to the overlap among them, will help the reader make sense of the sometimes confusing usage of the concept in the extant literature.
