Nieseksualne zwielokrotnione relacje i kwestie granic, ryzyko dla obiektywności i dobra klienta
Nonsexual multiple relations hips and boundary issues risking objectivity and client welfare

Summary/Abstract: When a practitioner has an additional personal or professional relationship with a client, objectivity, selfless commitment to the client, and client trust are all endangered to some degree. Having more than one relationship with a person with whom there is or has been a professional relationship is called a multiple relationship or nonprofessional interaction. The terms boundary crossing and boundary violation are also used, the former to designate multiple relationships at low risk for harm to clients, and the latter to identify high risk relationships. Nonsexual multiple relationships with clients can impair objectivity, interfere with therapeutic progress, and affect the client’s emotional connection to the clinician. They also can intensify the power difference between professional and client, and can result in exploitation of clients. However, because not all multiple relationships can be avoided, especially in rural settings, professionals need to examine carefully whether to start a particular multiple relationship. Bartering-trading goods or services instead of money for counseling-is also a practice discouraged by the ethics codes, but not forbidden.

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