Ethical Boundaries in Balancing the Power Dynamic in the Therapeutic Relationship

Course overview

Topics included in this course are: Attitude-Assessment Exercise; The Power Imbalance; Client Hurdles; The Normal Imbalance of Power(revised 12/19/03); Warning Signs; Risk Factors; Exploitative Therapy Relationships; How the Shift Occurs; Parallels with Other Forms of Abuse; Realization of the Truth ; Intervention Techniques; Facilitating Healing; Breaking the Silence; Power Dynamics: Considerations Across Diagnostic Categories; The Manipulation Boundary: When is it Healthy and When is it Pathological?; NASW, AAMFT, APA, and NBCC Codes of Ethics; Boundary Violation - Consumer Information; Countertransference?; And more...