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This 3 page paper discusses the problem of dual relationships in counseling, and what the ethical response to such a dilemma might be. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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the client if it were made public. Therefore the relationship between the two people is a sensitive one. When it becomes a "dual" relationship, ethical dilemmas may arise. This paper
considers the nature of such dilemmas, and the ethic issues pertinent to the dilemma as found in the Code of Ethics, as well as in the counselors professional values. Discussion
A "dual" relationship in the context of psychotherapy "refer to any situation where multiple roles exist between a therapist and a client. Examples of dual relationships are when the client
is also a student, friend, family member, employee or business associate of the therapist" (Zur, 2006). Obviously dual relationships also exist when the therapist and client are lovers, but we
will not consider that here, since "[S]exual dual relationships with current clients are always unethical" (Zur, 2006). This may be the only time when the issue of dual relationships
is clear cut; usually they are much less well defined (Guthmann, Heines and Kolvitz). There is a debate over whether or not dual relationships in this setting are always harmful,
and since at times they are unavoidable (if the therapist and client are business associates, for instance) this is not a trivial question. The dual relationship "may exist at the
beginning of the counseling relationship, it may occur during the time services are provided, or it may develop after the termination of counseling" (Guthmann, Heines and Kolvitz). Ethical guidelines vary
as to the time that must pass before another, "significantly different relationship, especially a sexual one, to be permissible" (Guthmann, Heines and Kolvitz). This would seem to contradict Zurs assertion
that sexual relationships are always unethical; in fact, we can think of an example where it might be permissible: if the counselor and client are husband and wife No
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