Research Catalog

Title

Preventing boundary violations in clinical practice / Thomas G. Gutheil, Archie Brodsky.

Author

Gutheil, Thomas G.

Publication

New York : Guilford Press, c2008.

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Additional Authors

Brodsky, Archie

Description

xii, 340 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"This book provides a framework for understanding and navigating the dilemmas involved in maintaining appropriate therapeutic boundaries. Drawing on extensive experience and research, the authors show how boundary questions arise and can be responsibly resolved as part of the process of therapy. They explain what boundary violations are, their harmful impact on both patient and therapist, and ways to avoid them. Along with sexual misconduct, areas such as role reversal, time and place of treatment, gifts, self-disclosure, out-of-office encounters, dress, and physical contact are covered. Instead of prescriptive "dos and don'ts," readers are guided to reflect on and develop their own clinical judgment and decision making skills. The book also discusses the importance of supervision and consultation for challenging cases, offers tips for legal risk management, and describes strategies for repairing a boundary crossing after it occurs. Numerous compelling case vignettes address key issues while illustrating the complexities of real world therapist-patient interactions." "Ideal for clinicians of any orientation, this book belongs on the desk of anyone who provides mental health services, including clinical and forensic psychologists, counselors, family therapists, psychiatrists, and social workers. Graduate students, residents, and novice practitioners will find it an outstanding text and professional development tool." --Book Jacket.

Subject

• Psychotherapist and patient > Moral and ethical aspects
• Psychotherapists > Professional ethics
• Boundaries > Psychological aspects
• Interpersonal relations
• Professional-Patient Relations > ethics
• Psychotherapy > ethics
• Counseling > ethics
• Ethics, Professional
• Transfer, Psychology

Bibliography (note)

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

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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.

ISBN

• 9781593856915 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 1593856911 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2008002942

OCLC

• 191127608
• SCSB-10052238

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library