The Value of Maintaining Therapeutic Boundaries: Avoiding the stress of over involvement with Patients and Families

Course Number: LDMonline140

3 week course

Start Date: TBD

Instructor: Elizabeth Causton

When we cross therapeutic boundaries with patients/families we risk losing our balance and our professional perspective. We will explore the ‘family dance’, learn how to know when you have crossed onto someone else’s ‘dance floor’, discuss the heaven and hell of team, and identify strategies to become better at maintaining therapeutic boundaries.

Objectives

At the end of this course, learners will be able to:

• Identify and distinguish differences between the roles of family and formal caregivers.
• Explain the meaning of “The Family Dance” in terms of therapeutic boundaries.
• Demonstrate understanding of the negative effects of crossing therapeutic boundaries on caregivers, patients and family.
• Develop strategies for maintaining therapeutic boundaries, based on the knowledge of “The Dance.”
• Explain the dynamics of working in a team and describe the impact of working with a caregiver that has “become like family.”

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