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Fulfills Professional Ethics for all professions & Fulfills CE requirements for New York Psychologists on the topic of maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.
This unique course addresses the complexities of dual relationships in a flexible, realistic, and non-dogmatic way. In contrast to the myth of the depravity of dual relationships and boundary crossing, this course illustrates that many types of boundary crossings and nonsexual dual relationships are unavoidable, ethical, can increase the effectiveness of treatment, and are an integral part of evidence-based treatment plans or other well-formulated treatment plans.
This intermediate-advanced level course, comprised of six articles, features Dr. Zur’s pioneering work in therapeutic boundaries and dual relationships. The course clarifies that dual relationships are unavoidable in many rural and small communities, such as churches, synagogues, gay and lesbian, military, minority, and disabled communities. It also dispels the myth that nonsexual dual relationships inevitably lead to sexual relationships and illustrates how familiarity and duality can speed up treatment, increase therapeutic effectiveness, and reduce, rather than increase, the possibility of clients being exploited by their therapists.
This course will teach the participant to:
Part 1: Overview of Dual (Multiple) Relationships
Part 2: Shifting attitudes toward dual relationships
Part 3: Dual Relationships and Ethical Decision-Making