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Part 1 - Boundary Issues and Dual Relationships in the Human Services

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This book offers a frank analysis of a range of boundary issues that human-service practitioners may confront. The ethics of intimate relationships with clients and former clients is addressed, as well as the healthy parameters of practitioners’ self-disclosure, the giving and receiving of gifts and favors, and the unavoidable and unanticipated circumstances of social encounters and geographical proximity. With case studies addressing challenges in the mental health field, school contexts, child welfare, addiction programs, home health care, elder services, and prison, rural, and military settings, Dr. Reamer offers effective, practical risk-management models that prevent problems and help balance dual relationships Since the publication of the previous edition of Boundary Issues and Dual Relationships in the Human Services in 2012, digital technology has transformed how human-service professionals deliver services to clients. This third edition brings the book up to date, adding discussion of the ways in which practitioners’ online communications and technology-based relationships with clients can violate ethical standards and providing practical advice for how to resolve boundary issues. This course covers the first 3 chapters of the book, including chapters on dual relationships and key concepts, intimate relationships, and emotional and dependency needs.

This course is based on the book, Part 1 – Boundary Issues and Dual Relationships in the Human Services created by Frederic G. Reamer, Ph.D. in 2020.

Publication Date:

3rd Edition Nov 2020

Course Material Author

Frederic G. Reamer, Ph.D.

Frederic G. Reamer, Ph.D. is a professor at the School of Social Work at Rhode Island College. His research and teaching have addressed mental health, health care, criminal justice, and professional ethics. He has served as Director of the National Juvenile Justice Assessment Center of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; Senior Policy Advisor to the Governor of Rhode Island; and as a Commissioner of the Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation, the state housing finance agency. Reamer served on the State of Rhode Island Parole Board from 1992 to 2016. He also served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Social Work Education, Associate Editor of the National Association of Social Workers Encyclopedia of Social Work (20th edition), and currently serves on the Editorial Board of the Encyclopedia of Social Work Online. Reamer is the author of many books and articles. He chaired the national task force that wrote the current National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics.

Course Creator

Elizabeth Mosco

Elizabeth Mosco, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist in Reno, NV. She opened a private practice after 10 years of conducting home-based assessment and therapy with the VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System. Dr. Mosco’s clinical interests include maternal mental health, older adults, and third wave cognitive behavior therapies.

Recommended For:

Counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge.

Course Objectives:

  1. Define dual relationships and describe how boundary issues can occur within the context of them.

  2. Identify the steps to ethical decision-making.

  3. Discuss general boundary issues as they relate to intimate relationships, including risk-management strategies related to sexual misconduct.

  4. Define therapeutic touch and list two guidelines as they relate to physical touch.

  5. List four characteristics observed in impaired professionals.

  6. Summarize two boundary concerns as they relate to electronic communication.

  7. Give an example of judicious self-disclosure.

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American Academy of Health Care Providers in the Addictive Disorders (AAHCPAD)

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Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB ACE)

9 CE Credit hours

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9 CPD hours

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9 CE Credit hours

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Course Material

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