COUN226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Therapeutic Relationship, Suicidal Ideation, Agoraphobia
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Boundaries: boundaries define the roles of counsellor and client and. A boundary crossing is a departure from commonly accepted practices that could potentially benefit clients: often referred to in the context of deviations from traditional analytic therapy: (cid:862)o(cid:374)l(cid:455) i(cid:374) the offi(cid:272)e(cid:863, emotionally distant, and risk management practices: A boundary violation is a serious breach that results in harm to clients and is therefore unethical: a gradual erosion of boundaries can lead to very problematic multiple relationships that bring harm to clients (e. g. sexual exploitation) Boundary crossings & violations: dual or multiple relationships. Changing the terms, setting, arrangements of a therapeutic contract. Changing the focus of the work, even while staying with client requests, eg moving between individual & relationship therapy: asking clients to do something for us, any other change in practice seen to advantage the counsellor. Taki(cid:374)g ad(cid:448)a(cid:374)tage of our po(cid:449)er a(cid:374)d positio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d dire(cid:272)ti(cid:374)g the (cid:272)lie(cid:374)t(cid:859)s (cid:449)ork. Focus of work and treatment methods not agreed to.
