Dual Relationships: Ethical Boundary Issues (NL0206R)

Course Format

This course is online. All course material is available online and is accessible immediately after purchase from your account homepage. Certificate of Completion is available immediately upon passing the exam.

Course Overview

Outline:

Article #1: Dual Relationships: A Continuum Ranging From the Destructive to the Therapeutic

• Practice and Theory
• What are Dual Relationships?
• Relevant Moral principles
• Definition from ethical standards
• Destructive Dual relationships: Sexual and Nonsexual
• Therapeutic Dual Relationships
• Assessing Multiple Relationships
• Discussion
• References

Article #2: Counselors' Experiences with Problematic Dual Relationships

• Intro
• Method
• Results
• Discussion
• Acknowledgements
• Reference

Article #3: Avoiding Exploitive Dual Relationships: A Decision-Making Model

• Abstract
• Dual Relationships
• Ethical Decision-making models
• A decision making model
• Assumptions
• The Model
• Using Decision making model
• Case illustrations-Case 1
• Analysis
• Case 2
• Analysis
• Discussion
• Limitations

Article #4: Managing Risk When Contemplating Multiple Relationships

• Assumptions
• Questions
• Risk Management
• Implications for Practice
• References

Article #5: Dual Relationships & Boundary Dilemmas

Appendix-- Code of Ethics for Rehab Counselors and Disability Management Specialists

• Code of Professional Ethics for Rehabilitation Counselors
• CDMS Code of Professional Conduct

Course Objectives

1. Define Dual Relationship and explain the relevant moral principles


2. List and discuss potential problems involved in a dual relationship.


3. Explain an ethically based, risk-managed, decision making model that is helpful when considering entering into a dual relationship or when such relationships inadvertently develop.


4. Discuss the concept of dual relationships as it is referred to in the CRC/CDMS Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics