5.3 - Boundary Issues Flashcards
Professional boundaries provide a foundation for:
effective professional relationships
effective professional relationships foster
a sense of trust/safety for clients
Three considerations of multiple relationships are:
- Be aware of client vulnerability
- Regarding conflict of interest
- Ensure your objective is not compromised.
Inappropriate boundary crossings
Undermine therapy, disrupt the therapeutic relationship, and cause harm to clients
Boundary crossings are deviations from traditional practice that some psychologists perceive as
appropriate
Blurring of boundaries has been considered:
a precursor to later major transgressions
Boundary crossings are _______ necessarily unethical
Not
the frequency with which minor boundary crossings lead to major boundary violations
is greatly exaggerated
Van Horn (2004) showed that ____ of licensed psycholo- gists are investigated by state licensing boards in any given year
2%
The analogies from physics and logic argue that once one steps on the slippery slope that the descent into boundary violations
is inevitable
Smith and Fitzpatrick (1995) defined boundary crossing as
“a nonpejorative term that describes departures from commonly accepted clinical practice that may or may not benefit the client
The first, Maintenance, refers to the degree to which students retain the
ethical and value traditions of their culture of origin
The first, Maintenance, refers to the degree to which students retain the
ethical and value traditions of their culture of origin
Contact and Participation, refers to the degree to which students
adopted the norms and values of their new professional culture
When students are relatively high on both Maintenance and Contact, they use an
integration strategy
