Most of us are skilled at joining with clients and developing a nurturing relationship with them, but we don't always know how to use the whole range and complexity of ourselves as people in our clinical practice. This experiential (and experimental) workshop will address how to bring our whole selves into sessions in a careful, therapeutic manner. We'll discuss creative ways of using self-disclosure (through the skillful use of countertransference) and of expanding our repertoire beyond our own comfort zone as a means of modeling risk-taking for our clients. We'll explore the underlying emotional issues of the therapeutic relationship, including anger, love, despair, dislike, helplessness, fear, and other messy feelings. We'll investigate how to create a balance between therapeutic intimacy and safe boundaries, how to do good therapy when your own life is a struggle, and how to use your personal life experience without projecting it onto your client. Bring your sense of humor and a playful spirit.