A re-visioning of boundaries in professional helping relationships: Exploring other metaphors

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 77-94

  Austin, Wendy ^a   Bergum, Vangie ^a   Nuttgens, Simon ^b   Peternelj Taylor, Cindy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Salvation Army   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Ethics; Metaphor; Therapeutic relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748919276     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327019eb1602_1     Document Type: Article

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