“Boundaries & Dual Relationships:
What Are the Rules? Where Should We Draw the Line?”
Mary Alice Fisher, Ph.D.
Introduction:
“…but everybody does it!”
I. Ethical Standards About Boundaries & Dual Relationships
II. Legal Standards About Boundaries & Dual Relationships
III. Keeping the Frame & Drawing the Lines
Clinical Meetings Between Therapist & Client
Time & Place
Means
Therapeutic Technique
Beginnings
Interruptions
Endings
Other Meetings Between Therapist & Client
Planned Meetings
Accidental Meetings
IV. Dual/Multiple Roles
Individual Therapist
Family Therapist
Group Therapist
Colleague
Friend
Partner
V. Physical Contact
Erotic
Non-Erotic
VI. Therapist Self-Disclosure
Clinically-Related
Non Clinically-Related
VII. Giving/Receiving Intimate Gestures
Gifts
Invitations
IX. Understandings About Post-Termination Contacts
X. Self-Exploration
Workshop History:
Saturday, June 8, 2019—Fairfax VA
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