Law & Ethics
According to the NCBTMB's standards of practice, at least how much time should lapse between discontinuing a particular client-therapist relationship and initiating romantic or sexual relationships with the client
What is 6 months?
The efficacy of the therapeutic relationship can be substantiated scientifically by research that has repeatedly found that a good therapeutic relationship is one of the best predictors of what in therapy
What is positive outcomes?
Under what circumstances can massage therapists legally breach confidentiality
When records are subpoenaed by a court order?
refers to a therapist's attire and grooming
What is Professional appearance?
best describes the relationship wherein the therapist provides services benefiting the client
What is therapeutic relationship?
term best describes boundaries that encompass our beliefs, thoughts, and ideas while also safeguarding our self-esteem
What is Intellectual?
improper treatment of someone arising from carelessness or thoughtlessness
What is neglect?
describes a therapist's revealing his or her own thoughts, feelings, and personal history to clients
What is Self-disclosure?
describes the act of keeping information private or secret, refraining from disclosing the information without consent
characteristic is present in friendships that is not in therapeutic relationships
What is Reciprocity ?
Behavior that is appropriate when terminating a massage while in session
Withdrawing your hands from the client and stepping toward the door?
best describes behavior aimed at obtaining sexual gratification against another person's will or at another person's expense
What is Sexual misconduct?
describes guidelines, rules, and limits within relationships that identify reasonable, safe, and acceptable ways of interacting with others
What are Boundaries?
best describes susceptibility to being wounded or harmed physically, mentally, or emotionally
What is Vulnerability?
best describes unconscious emotional reaction by the therapist toward a client, usually arising from unmet personal needs, unresolved emotional issues, or internal conflicts brought to the therapeutic relationship
What is Countertransference?
best describes clients' transfer of feelings, thoughts, and behaviors related to a significant person in their early life to the therapist, with the therapist assuming a more significant role in the client's subconscious mind
What is transference?
first described transference and countertransference
Who is Sigmund Freud?
a common mistake that massage therapists make when they cross professional boundaries
What is assuming the role of psychotherapist?
term was coined by Carl Rogers to describe acceptance of another person regardless of what he or she says and does
What is Unconditional positive regard?
describes legislation requiring specific individuals or professions to report concerns of neglect or abuse to protection agencies
What is mandatory reporting?
an example of a time boundary
What is starting and ending on time?
Apply extra draping if needed and do not draw attention to it.
What is an appropriate way of dealing with a client's erection?
is a way of establishing and maintaining professional boundaries
What is Develop and follow a treatment plan?
According to Carl Rogers, what characteristics promote positive growth and change and should accordingly be present in the therapeutic relationship
What is Empathy, unconditional positive regard, and genuineness ?
best describes guidelines, rules, and limits within relationships that identify reasonable, safe, and acceptable ways of interacting with others
What are boundaries?