CROSSING BOUNDARIES Joshua Velasquez & Stephanie Navarro

BSHS/335 12/19/13

INTRO

5 CENTRAL THEMES:

1. Intimate relationship

2. Pursuit of personal benefit

3. Emotional and dependency needs

4. Altruistic gestures

• Questions

• References

INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP

• Many dual relationships in social

work involve some element of intimacy.

• Under what circumstances, is it appropriate

for social workers to hug a client?

PURSUIT OF PERSONAL BENEFIT

• Monetary gain

• Goods and services

• Useful Information

EMOTIONAL AND DEPENDENCY NEEDS

• Emotional and dependency issues are

rooted in the social worker’s emotional needs,

• Childhood experiences

• health problems

ALTRUISTIC GESTURES

• A counselor in a community mental health center provided psychotherapy services for many years to a young man with a history of clinical depression. The client asked the counselor if she would say a few words during the ceremony at the clients upcoming wedding.

• Trigger boundary confusion.

QUESTIONS

Is it ok to receive gift from clients?

Is it ok to give clients gifts?

REFERENCES

• http://www.socialworktoday.com/professional_practice_index.shtml

• www.behavioralhealthce.com/index.php/component/courses/?task=view&cid=65

• http://www.socialworker.com/featurarticles/ethicsarticles/Client_Relationships_and_Ethical_Boundaries_for_Social_Workers_in_Child_Welfare/