Ethics WAW Flashcards
Friday flash card game (36 cards)
ethics
moral principles used to direct massage therapists in proper course of action when in a ethical delemma
Scope of practice
Treatments and techiques the massage therapist is qualified to perform
Boundaries
limitations that can be set by the massage therapist and/or client
permeable boundaries
allow conversation, information, and emotions to flow freely between practitioner and client
Semi-permeable boundaries
allows the therapist to be as open or as distant with the client depending on the situation
Impermeable- boundaries
Severely limit the exchange of information between the therapist and the client
Confidentiality
private and protected
Open-ended questions
Question used when asking feedback
Closed-ended question
yes or no question
self disclosure
client shares information about themselves
Active listening
listening to what a client is saying and interpreting the information given
passive listening
listening without responding
body language
form of unspoken communication unconciosly or subconsciously through gestures
Empathy
When you put yourself in their shoes
Sympathy
When you have pity/compassion for there situation
Transference
a client personalized either a negatively or positively a therapeutic relationship
countertransference
a practitioner personalized either negatively or positively a therapeutic relationship
Denial
to refuse or act as if a situation did not happen
Displacement
satisfying an impulse by substitution
Projection
placing ones own internal feelings onto someone else
Repression
Subconsciously blocking out any unwanted emotions
Regression
Taking a step back phychologically when faced with emotional stress
Theraputic relationship
The relationship a therapist and clients share
power differential
an imbalance of power between two people
