The Ethical Risks of Professional Boundaries: When to Say Whoa, When to Say No

The Ethical Risks of Professional Boundaries is a unique approach to boundary setting for professionals in health care and counseling. All professionals cross boundaries. Most of these are benign and are probably helpful to the relationship and therefore helpful to the care of the patient or client, but if they lead to boundary violations a toxic environment may arise.

A licensed professional has to understand themselves and their vulnerabilities in order to set healthy boundaries. They must...