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Discuss at least three ways a human services provider might demonstrate poor boundaries with a client. Provide examples to illustrate each form of boundary violation.
How could such boundary violations negatively affect a client? Cite information

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Violating boundaries with a client can have an adversely negative affect on a client. There are many ways a counselor or psychologist could cross the boundaries of client/therapist relationships. It is important to keep these two areas completely separate and not intertwined.

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1) Becoming "friends" with a client. So many times a client begins to trust a provider and starts to think of them as a friend. This can be dangerous territory, especially if something is said that could possibly offend the client, or something that could be mistaken to mean something it does not. Because the relationship must be kept strictly professional, it is important to only see the client in the office ...

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