ocr: PAGE 3 COUPLES ANALYSIS SELF-DISCISCLOSURE In order to open themselves up toone another, and strengthen their vulnerable inner selves, the couple needed to learn how to self-disclose. 1 warned them that it was going to feel extremely risky trying to do this, since it meant exposing soft parts of - the ego.If they were going to succeed, each would have to give the other a great deal ofreassurance. REASSURANCE Maria and Jack learned both how to give reassurance to one another by using comforting, loving words and touch, and how to get one another to self-disclose and express deeply personal thou ...