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6 pages in length. An issue of great concern to the counseling field is that of the patient/therapist relationship. Such issues as dual-relationships, sexual behavior and bartering for services are just a handful of considerations to make when examining the unethical behavior found in Irvin D. Yalom's "Every Day Gets A Little Closer," where two decidedly distinctive accounts of the same therapeutic process is provided – one by the therapist and the other by the patient. Indeed, the variance that exists between these two reports is enlightening enough on their own accord, however, when one delves deeper into the specific elements that ultimately comprised this experience, it becomes quite clear that ethics comes into question. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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the patient/therapist relationship. Such issues as dual-relationships, sexual behavior and bartering for services are just a handful of considerations to make when examining the unethical behavior found in Irvin
D. Yaloms Every Day Gets A Little Closer, where two decidedly distinctive accounts of the same therapeutic process is provided - one by the therapist and the other by the
patient. Indeed, the variance that exists between these two reports is enlightening enough on their own accord, however, when one delves deeper into the specific elements that ultimately comprised
this experience, it becomes quite clear that ethics comes into question. One of the foremost questions brought to mind is whether or not
it is healthy for the patient/therapist relationship to evolve outside of professional barriers even if it remains nonromantic and nonsexual. The student may choose to borrow from research findings
in order to illustrate more effectively the unethical nature of this particular situation. For example, when posed to three hundred twenty randomly chosen psychologists in order to determine the
ethical nature of such behavior, the counselors participation was to exchange ideas concerning the issue, as well as address instances when this had occurred in their own practices. What
was ultimately determined by this survey was that by virtue of the absence of romantic and sexual implications, many considered such out-of-office relationships did not carry any burden of unethical
behavior. Additionally, it was established that further attention be given to this particular aspect of the Ethics Code with regard to future revisions concerning nonromantic and nonsexual relationships (Anderson
et al 59). In assessing the concept of professional counseling ethics and how it plays such an integral role in Yaloms chronicle, it is clear that there has been a
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