Abstract:
The science or art of jurisprudence (Fiqh) examines various human behaviors in terms of their compliance or non-compliance with Islamic Sharia. One of the social topics that requires jurisprudential investigation is psychological counseling and psychotherapy. The counseling process consists of various stages and components, and the importance of examining its totality, stages, and processes within the context of Islamic society is undeniable. Self-disclosure is considered one of the important topics in the professional counseling and psychotherapy process. In the present article, we have addressed the typology and argumentative review of the jurisprudential ruling on self-disclosure based on religious and rational evidence. The research results show that self-disclosure in the context of counseling and therapy is rationally and religiously permissible, and in certain cases, it is even obligatory; the arguments that might be presented in favor of its prohibition or dislikability are weak. Furthermore, it was proven that self-disclosure must be within the scope of topics related to counseling and therapy, and determining its amount and manner is the responsibility of the counselor and therapist.
Machine summary:
Given the definition of self-disclosure provided, it is clear that the intention of self-disclosure in this article is not the absolute disclosure of an individual's feelings, thoughts, and behaviors; rather, the purpose of self-disclosure here is the expression of feelings, thoughts, private behaviors, and secrets of the individual to the counselor and therapist, in the context of counseling and therapy, including matters such as flaws, personal and interpersonal problems, thoughts, specific attitudes, and potentially various sins of the individual that are usually or generally concealed from others.
12), the ruling of the permissibility of self-disclosure and lifting the veil on the client's personal secrets for the counselor, in the context of counseling and therapy, is well-deduced from these noble verses.
The noble verse, in its absolute sense, denotes any type of rational and logical care for the self, and self-disclosure in the context of counseling and therapy is considered part of care (through emotional discharge and gaining the empathy of the counselor and therapist) and a necessary prerequisite for care (by helping in diagnosis and finding desirable solutions) for the higher good of the self.
Accordingly, even if we do not consider self-disclosure and the recounting of personal flaws, problems, secrets, and sins to be permissible under the primary ruling during consultation and treatment, since the failure to self-disclose causes harm to the client and injury to those who live with them, the rule "la darar" negates the ruling of its prohibition.
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