Managing Boundaries in Helping Professions
AHS 6620 week 3 discussion
Description:
After reviewing the PowerPoint slides for this week Client Sexual Attraction: The Disclosure (Chapter 7). A client is sharing their attraction to their human services professional. Post to the discussion board your response to the following:
- What issues should be considered to address this matter?
- What advice would you give to Joanne?
you will use the power point and chapter 7 of the book to answer these questions.
Answer preview
Helping professionals must consider boundary issues when dealing with clients since they need to safeguard their professionalism. Challenges begin to trickle in when the code of ethics are assumed in instances where a professional get involved with a client. Such involvement could be nonsexual such as the formation of friendships with previous clients or sexual, which is unethical. As such, human service professional should adopt strict boundaries in their scope of practice to protect their services…
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