1. Sign up securely online.
2. Read the articles and watch the video via online links.
3. Submit online evaluation & post-test.
4. Print your certificate.
Part of the course material is in pdf format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have it click here for free download. This course also includes video (36 min. Flash).
GENERAL COURSE DESCRIPTION
This beginning/intermediate level course explores issues of gifts, self-disclosure, touch, dual and multiple relationships, Internet transparency, home visits, bartering, attending clients' weddings, and other therapeutic boundaries in psychotherapy and counseling. The course discusses the definitions and how to differentiate among boundary crossings and boundary violations and dual relationships in psychotherapy. The course will explain how gifts, dual or multiple relationships, home visits, self-disclosure, bartering, and non-sexual touch are all boundary crossing but not necessary boundary violations. It emphasizes how, when conducted with the welfare of the clients in mind, boundary crossings can be an integral part of an ethical and clinically sound treatment plan. The course also briefly reviews the relationships between boundaries, risk management, and the standard of care and provides clinical and ethical guidelines for handling different boundary crossings and dual relationships in psychotherapy.
Course includes a video recording of a presentation on boundaries by Dr. Zur.
Educational Objectives:
This course will teach psychotherapists to
Define boundaries in psychotherapy.
Differentiate among boundary crossing, boundary violations and dual relationships in psychotherapy.
State the relationships between boundary crossings and the standard of care.
Report on how enforcing rigid boundaries can be harmful to clients.
Identify the concerns with boundaries and avoid harm and exploitation of clients.
Course Syllabus:
Defining Boundaries
Beneficial Boundary Crossings
Dual Relationships
The Ethics of Boundaries
Boundary Crossings and the Standard of Care
The Slippery Slope Argument
Sexualizing Boundaries
To Cross or Not to Cross
The Concern with Rigid Boundaries
Guidelines for Boundaries and Dual Relationships
References and Links to Online Codes of Ethics and Articles
Part of the course material is in pdf format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.
This beginning/intermediate level course explores issues of gifts, self-disclosure, touch, dual and multiple relationships, Internet transparency, home visits, bartering, attending clients' weddings, and other therapeutic boundaries in psychotherapy and counseling. The course discusses the definitions and how to differentiate among boundary crossings and boundary violations and dual relationships in psychotherapy. The course will explain how gifts, dual or multiple relationships, home visits, self-disclosure, bartering, and non-sexual touch are all boundary crossing but not necessary boundary violations. It emphasizes how, when conducted with the welfare of the clients in mind, boundary crossings can be an integral part of an ethical and clinically sound treatment plan. The course also briefly reviews the relationships between boundaries, risk management, and the standard of care and provides clinical and ethical guidelines for handling different boundary crossings and dual relationships in psychotherapy.
Course includes a video recording of a presentation on boundaries by Dr. Zur.
