Tag Archives: Boundaries

Slippery Slopes and Dual Relationships

Posted on November 4, 2010 by

In debate or rhetoric, a “slippery slope” argument is known as an informal fallacy.  The argument suggests that a relatively small first step inevitably leads to a chain of related events culminating in some (generally undesirable) significant impact, in this … Continue reading →

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Dual Relationships in Rural Areas

Posted on August 8, 2010 by

Having grown up in small north-central Iowa town (population 2400), I can totally identify with the Nickel premise that extra-therapeutic contact “is not only unavoidable at times, but, under certain conditions, even uniquely beneficial.”  (Nickel, 2004, p. 17)  Smaller communities … Continue reading →

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Client Crushes

Posted on August 8, 2010 by

I think crushes on therapists happen a lot more than we actually realize.  It’s so common that Sigmund Freud coined the term “transference” to describe it.    Transference likely occurs in this context because clients are only exposed to the “ideal … Continue reading →

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