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Boundary issues and dual relationships in the human services / Frederic G. Reamer.
LIBRA HV40.35 .R43 2012
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reamer, Frederic G., 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social workers--Professional relationships.
- Social workers.
- Human services personnel--Professional relationships.
- Human services personnel.
- Counselor and client.
- Social service.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 249 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia Unversity Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- 1 Boundaries and Dual Relationships: Key Concepts 1
- Boundary Issues in the Human Services 3
- Emerging Boundary Challenges: Social Media and Electronic Communications 9
- A Typology of Boundary Issues and Dual Relationships: A Synopsis 11
- Managing Boundaries and Dual Relationships 19
- Sound Decision Making 23
- 2 Intimate Relationships 43
- Sexual Relationships with Clients 43
- Sexual Relationships with Former Clients 74
- Counseling Former Sexual Partners 79
- Sexual Relationships with Clients' Relatives or Acquaintances 81
- Sexual Relationships with Supervisees, Trainees, Students, and Colleagues 84
- Physical Contact 86
- 3 Emotional and Dependency Needs 96
- Friendships with Clients 98
- Unconventional Interventions 101
- Self-disclosure: Whose Needs Are Being Met? 107
- Affectionate Communications 114
- Community-based Contact with Clients 117
- 4 Personal Benefit 124
- Barter for Services 124
- Business and Financial Relationships 130
- Advice and Services 135
- Favors and Gifts 138
- Conflicts of Interest: Self-serving Motives 148
- 5 Altruism 155
- Giving Gifts to Clients 155
- Meeting Clients in Social or Community Settings 162
- Offering Clients Favors 167
- Accommodating Clients 172
- Self-disclosing to Clients: The Risks of Altruism 178
- 6 Unavoidable and Unanticipated Circumstances 184
- Geographic Proximity: Small and Rural Communities 184
- Conflicts of Interest: Unexpected Challenges 193
- Professional Encounters 201
- Social Encounters 203
- 7 Risk Management: Guidelines and Strategies 206
- Emerging Issues: The Challenge of Electronic Boundaries 207
- Risk-Management Guidelines 209.
- Notes:
- Rev. ed. of: Tangled relationships. c2001.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780231157001
- 0231157002
- 9780231157018
- 0231157010
- 9780231527682
- 0231527683
- OCLC:
- 780288461
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