Continuing Education for Mental Health Professionals

Ethical Decision-Making: Dual Relationships and Boundary Issues

Kenneth Pope, Ph.D.
Jeffrey N. Younggren, Ph.D., ABPP
Janet L.Sonne, Ph.D.
Thomas G. Gutheil, M.D.
Glen O. Gabbard, M.D.

Course Materials

All of the following course materials are copyrighted. You may print one copy for your personal use. You may not distribute in any form multiple copies of these materials without written permission from the copyright owner.

I. Boundaries In Psychotherapy

Kenneth Pope, Ph.D.
Link to: http://www.kspope.com/dual/Gutheil.php

II. The Concept of Boundaries in Clinical Practice:
Theoretical and Risk-Management Dimensions

Thomas G. Gutheil, M.D. and Glen O. Gabbard, M.D.
Link to: http://www.kspope.com/ethics/boundaries.php

III. Misuses and Misunderstandings of Boundary Theory in Clinical and Regulatory Settings

Thomas G. Gutheil, M.D. and Glen O. Gabbard, M.D.
Link to: http://www.kspope.com/payton/gutheil-gabbard.php

IV. Dual Relationship: Ethical Decision-making and Dual Relationships

Jeffrey N. Younggren, Ph.D., ABPP
Link to: http://www.kspope.com/dual/younggren.php

V. Dual Relationships, Multiple Relationships, and Boundary Decisions
Nonsexual Multiple Relationships: Practical Decision-Making Model for Clinicians

Janet L. Sonne, Ph.D.
Link to: http://www.kspope.com/site/multiple-relationships.php

VI. Excerpts addressing dual relationships and multiple relationships from the standards and guidelines of professional associations

Link to: http://www.kspope.com/dual/index.php#standards