Module 3: Managing Relationships

Overview

In this module, we discuss the various complexities and dimensions of our relationships with clients. This includes interactions with clients before, during, and after the professional relationship, in-person and online, and how to navigate your own feelings about your clients.

Instructor: Amanda D. Zelechoski, Ph.D., J.D., ABPP

Learning Objectives

1. Distinguish between boundary crossing and boundary violations. 
2. Identify several common multiple relationship scenarios.
3. Recognize high risk client and challenging client populations. 
4. List four steps for appropriate clinical termination. 

Things We Talk About

• Boundaries
• Googling Clients
• Social Media
• Multiple Relationships
• Difficult, Angry, Suicidal Clients
• Repairing Ruptures
• Termination and Abandonment
• Clinician Reactivity