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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782419703321

Autore

Gutheil Thomas G

Titolo

Preventing boundary violations in clinical practice [[electronic resource] /] / Thomas G. Gutheil, Archie Brodsky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Guilford Press, c2008

ISBN

1-281-75301-7

9786611753016

1-60623-055-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrodskyArchie

Disciplina

616.89/14

Soggetti

Psychotherapist and patient - Moral and ethical aspects

Psychotherapists - Professional ethics

Boundaries - Psychological aspects

Interpersonal relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-329) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Definitions and dilemmas -- Therapy and its limits -- Role, time, place -- Money, services, gifts -- Self-disclosure -- Communication and out-of-office contacts -- Clothing and physical contact -- Sexual misconduct -- What harms are caused? -- Vulnerabilities -- Understandings and misunderstandings -- Liabilities -- Prevention.

Sommario/riassunto

What do you do when you run into a patient in a public place? How do you respond when a patient suddenly hugs you at the end of a session? Do you accept a gift that a patient brings to make up for causing you some inconvenience? Questions like these-which virtually all clinicians face at one time or another-have serious clinical, ethical, and legal implications. This authoritative, practical book uses compelling case vignettes to show how a wide range of boundary questions arise and can be responsibly resolved as part of the process of therapy. Coverage includes role reversal, gifts, s