Preventing Boundary Violations in Clinical Practice

By Thomas G. Gutheil and Archie Brodsky

Book Overview

What do you do when you run into a patient in a public place? How do you respond when a patient suddenly hugs you at the end of a session? Do you accept a gift that a patient brings to make up for causing you some inconvenience? Questions like these--which virtually all clinicians face at one time or another--have serious clinical, ethical, and legal implications. This authoritative, practical book uses compelling case vignettes to show how a wide range of boundary questions arise and can be responsibly resolved as part of the process of therapy. Coverage includes role reversal, gifts, self-disclosure, out-of-office encounters, physical contact, and sexual misconduct. Strategies for preventing boundary violations and managing associated legal risks are highlighted.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1462504434
• ISBN13: 9781462504435
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"