Question

Alice is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has counseled Thomas for several months. An issue to which they have devoted considerable time is Thomas fear of failure, particularly in terms of his ability to succeed academically and complete his G.E.D. When Thomas learns that he has passed his G.E.D. exam, he asks Alice to attend the ceremony at which he will receive his G.E.D. diploma, and she accepts the invitation. This is an example of:

Answer 1

Boundary crossing

Explanation:

A boundary-crossing, by contrast, refers to a helpful extension beyond the confines of the consulting rooms. For example, accompanying a patient with agoraphobia for shopping in a mall for instance. Principles of the beneficiary, maleficence, faith, trust compassion are the core component of the doctor patients relationship in therapeutic settings. There is a variety of reasons for boundary-crossing. The psychologist or practitioner exploitation, emotional ignorance, moral weakness and are similar factors for the boundary issues resulting in sexual or nonsexual issues. It is the moral duty of a practitioner that he will take care of the suffering patients with a sense of commitment and without damaging the ethical values of a person or practice settings. The behavior of a practitioner towards his or her patients should b consistent in all situations. He is to be bound to the Hippocratic oath. Oath is an oath that is taken by all practitioners during their course.