Describe the Potential Boundary Issues in a Counselling Situation

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Describe potential boundary issues in a counselling situation [P5] There are many boundary issues when dealing with counselling that could potentially obstruct how easy it is to extract information from the service users. Boundaries could be negative for the progress of the person coming to the sessions as it may come across as the failure to be empathetic. A counsellor must not give advice, this may come across the service user as they are not doing anything and is disinterested as in human conversation we listen to someone say something bad and then relate it to something bad that happened to us to show we know how they feel, this not happening is due to it being the breakdown of professional boundaries. If they feel that the counsellor is not helping they may not come back for other sessions. There are of course romantic limits. This can be either future or past, as it would be a conflict of interests to have an ex-partner and be controlling their treatment. It is also important to not have a sexual relationship with the service user. This also could include inappropriate touching during the session, such as hugging or touching a person’s arm. This can again be seen as a person not being very compassionate and may lead to the person not felt like they are being cared for and stop the treatment. Time limits can be an issue in counselling as I can take some time to make a person open up about how they feel and once you have started a person talking they may want to get it out all at once. This can be an issue as the counsellor will need to cut this person off. This shows the counsellor to be disinterested and conscious of the time. The service user might feel that their story is incomplete and may not open up again next time in the fear it will happen again. Personal experiences or beliefs can restrict a counsellor from being helpful to an extent due to the

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