self-disclosure blockages will impede individual members as well as entire groups. Members who have an important secret that they dare not reveal to the group may find participation on any but a superficial level very difficult, because they will have to conceal not only the secret but all possible avenues to it. In chapter 5, I discussed in detail how, in the early stages of therapy, the therapist might best approach the individual who has a big secret. To summarize, it is advisable for the therapist to counsel the client to share the secret with the group in order to benefit from therapy. The pace and timing are up to the client, but the therapist may offer to make the act easier in any way the client wishes. When the long-held secret is finally shared, it is often illuminating to learn what made it possible to come forward at this point in time. I will often make such statements as “you’ve been coming to this group for many weeks wanting to tell us about this secret.