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Frank Donnelly SWK 333 Beginning Helping Skills for Human Service Professionals Assignment # 3 Morehead State University Question 1 After taking the self-inventory on managing boundaries in Chapter 9 the first concern about managing boundaries with my clients would be feeling somewhat guilty by not allowing a past or current client have any social involvement with me. Even though I would feel guilty about this issue, I would not allow myself to do this because it would go against the Code of Ethics and I could not see how any positive or therapeutic outcomes could come from this. The guilt would not be from any sexual attraction towards my client, however, it would be from wanting to make sure that he or she feels like they are not alone and that they have a friend which will be there for him if they have any concerns or problems. This feeling would be unhealthy for me as a helper so I would have to educate myself and use self-care so that I may be …show more content…

I would not want do a referral because I would be concerned that my client may not develop a rapport or trust with them and may want to end their treatment, however, there could be moments when I may question this process because I would wonder if my client was truly receiving services from me because they wanted to do this for themself and/or because he or she was doing this just because he or she was attracted to me. I would also be concerned if my clients would express their feelings for me and I told them in a respectful way that we could not be involved in a relationship, other than as a helper and a client, and they became angry with me and falsely accused me of flirting with them or doing something unethical to them. Even though I would not want to refer them, I would probably want another helper with me as a witness to keep this possible scenario from

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