Ethical foundations Flashcards
Massage practitioners must firstly…
Do no harm.
Massage practitioners must secondly
Do positive good.
Massage therapists are bound by which privacy act?
HIPAA
HIPAA
Health insurance portability and accountability act.
A client practitioner relationship must have clear structure in regards to which aspects?
Time, activities and roles.
If a client requests to have work done without draping…
The massage practitioner must decline.
Misuse of power as an attempt to help can look like…
Nagging a client about a non-life-threatening health condition.
Misuse of power for personal gain can look like…
Talking to the client about their profession or asking favours.
Transference
Recreation of elements of similar relationships; the redirection of feelings from one person to another.
Most common type of transference
Parent-child.
Countertransference
Transference between the practitioner and the client. Can cause psychological harm to clients.
Signs of transference
Calling you at home, excessive compliments, bargaining, gifts, invitations, excessive personal talk.
Signs of countertransference
A strong emotional charge, anger, distorted thinking, expectations of praise, guilt, engaging outside of sessions.
Universal ethical principles
Justice, honesty, reverence for life, adherence to law
Ethical guidance can come from…
Codes and regulations or personal ethics.
Examples of codes and regulations
Laws, organizational rule, professional code of ethics.
Types of boundaries
Physical, emotional, intellectual, sexual, energetic
Physical boundaries
Distance required for comfort.
Emotional boundaries
Amount of feelings disclosed.
Intellectual boundaries
Respecting the beliefs of eithers.
Sexual boundaries
A subset of physical and emotional boundaries.
Overly permeable boundaries result in
Burnout.
