dual relationships

TEXTBOOK INFORMATION

Title: Boundary Issues and Dual Relationships in the Human Services Edition: 2nd (2012) Author: Frederic G. Reamer Publisher: Perseus Book ISBN: 978-0-231-15701- chapter 1

Maintaining proper boundaries and avoiding or minimizing dual relationships with clients are essential to an ethical and effective human services practice. In the Seminar, you will continue to explore these important, and often problematic, issues for human services professionals.

Please come to Seminar prepared to discuss the following questions:

Why are boundaries important to the Human Services Professional?
How can dual relationships be harmful in this profession? How are they incongruent with the ethics of the human services profession?
In what ways can boundary crossings negatively impact the helping relationship?

assignment by answering the Seminar questions. Your responses should be composed in complete sentences and paragraphs and be 300400 words in length. You should create your Seminar responses in MS Word, making sure to follow APA format and cite all references used.