Dual Relationships and Psychotherapy

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• Dual Relationships and Psychotherapy i
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Contributors ix
• Foreword- Meaningful Change Always Takes Time xix
• Acknowledgments xxv
• Introduction xxvii
• Part 1 - Overview and Controversies of Dual Relationships and Psychotherapy 1
• Chapter 1 - Six Arguments against Dual Relationships and Their Rebuttals 3
• Chapter 2 - How Certain Boundaries and Ethics Diminish Therapeutic Effectiveness 25
• Chapter 3 - The Ethics of Dual Relationships 32
• Chapter 4 - In Celebration of Dual Relationships How Prohibition of Nonsexual Dual Relationships Increases the Chance of Exploitation and Harm 44
• Part 2 - The Ethics of Dual Relationships 53
• Chapter 5 - The Truth about the Codes of Ethics Dispelling the Rumors That Dual Relationships Are Unethical 55
• Chapter 6 - Boundary Violations Do Some Contended Standards of Care Fail to Encompass Commonplace Procedures of Humanistic, Behavioral, and Eclectic Psychotherapies? 64
• Chapter 7 - Out-of-Office Experience When Crossing Office Boundaries and Engaging in Dual Relationships Are Clinically Beneficial and Ethically Sound 88

• Dual Relationships and Psychotherapy i
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Contributors ix
• Foreword- Meaningful Change Always Takes Time xix
• Acknowledgments xxv
• Introduction xxvii
• Part 1 - Overview and Controversies of Dual Relationships and Psychotherapy 1
• Chapter 1 - Six Arguments against Dual Relationships and Their Rebuttals 3
• Chapter 2 - How Certain Boundaries and Ethics Diminish Therapeutic Effectiveness 25
• Chapter 3 - The Ethics of Dual Relationships 32
• Chapter 4 - In Celebration of Dual Relationships How Prohibition of Nonsexual Dual Relationships Increases the Chance of Exploitation and Harm 44
• Part 2 - The Ethics of Dual Relationships 53
• Chapter 5 - The Truth about the Codes of Ethics Dispelling the Rumors That Dual Relationships Are Unethical 55
• Chapter 6 - Boundary Violations Do Some Contended Standards of Care Fail to Encompass Commonplace Procedures of Humanistic, Behavioral, and Eclectic Psychotherapies? 64
• Chapter 7 - Out-of-Office Experience When Crossing Office Boundaries and Engaging in Dual Relationships Are Clinically Beneficial and Ethically Sound 88
• Chapter 8 - The Multiple Roles and Relationships of Ethical Psychotherapy Revisiting the Ideal, the Real, and the Unethical 98
• Part 3 - Boundaries 113
• Chapter 9 - The Psychotherapist and the Quest for Power How Boundaries Have Become An Obsession 115
• Chapter 10 - How Do You like These Boundaries? 140
• Chapter 11 - The Case against Boundaries in Psychotherapy 146
• Part 4 - Laws, Boards, Ethics, and Other Forensic Matters 167
• Chapter 12 - Dual-Relationship Prohibitions a Concept Whose Time Never Should Have Come 169
• Chapter 13 - Can Boards of Examiners Constitute the Ultimate, Harmful Multiple Relationship? 212
• Chapter 14 - Multiple Relationships a Malpractice Plaintiffs Litigation Strategy 224
• Chapter 15 - Psychologists, Licensing Boards, Ethics Committees, and Dehumanizing Attitudes with Special Reference to Dual Relationships 239
• Chapter 16 - Dueling over Dual Relationships 249
• Chapter 17 - Are Dual Relationships Antitherapeutic? 257
• Part 5 - Dual Relationships in Special Populations 271
• Chapter 18 - Nonsexual Dual Relationships in Professional Practice, with Special Applications to Rural and Military Communities 273
• Chapter 19 - Dual Relationships in the Deaf Community When Dual Relationships Are Unavoidable and Essential 287
• Chapter 20 - Sanity and Sanctity the Counselor and Multiple Relationships in the Church 298
• Chapter 21 - Multiple Relationships in Military Psychology 315
• Chapter 22 - Dual Relationships in Psychotherapy in Latin America 329
• Part 6 - Dual Relationships in University Counseling Centers 335
• Chapter 23 - Dual Relationships and University Counseling Center Environments 337
• Chapter 24 - The Shirtless Jock Therapist and the Bikini-Clad Client 348
• Chapter 25 - College and University Student Counseling Centers 360
• Part 7 - Special Dual Relationships 379
• Chapter 26 - The Therapist as Matchmaker 381
• Chapter 27 - Bartering 394
• Chapter 28 - Authorization to Continue a Posttermination Friendship Evolves 409
• Part 8 - Feminist Perspective on Dual Relationships 423
• Chapter 29 - Out of Bounds 425
• Chapter 30 - Feminist Ethics, Boundary Crossings, Dual Relationships, and Victims of Violence 432
• Part 9 - A Final Peek behind the Scenes 447
• Chapter 31 - How Consensus regarding the Prohibition of Dual Relationships Has Been Contrived 449
• The Last Word 463
• Appendix A - Summary of Key Points Nonsexual Dual Relationships in Psychotherapy and Counseling 469
• Appendix B 473
• Author Index 477
• Subject Index 485