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Article or website name: The ethics of touch in psychotherapy
Author: Zur, Ofer
Institution: Zur Institute, Online Continuing Education
Country: USA
Type: Education
URL: www.drzur.com/touchcourse.html
This (on-line) course reviews the importance of touch for human development and healing practices, describes the application of touch in psychotherapy as adjunct to verbal psychotherapy. It looks critically at the prohibition of touch in therapy and examines its historical, professional and cultural roots. Sexualizing most forms of touch combined with psychoanalytic and risk management guidelines are reviewed, as they present the main obstacles for the clinically appropriate use of touch in therapy. Issues of power, gender, history of abuse, dx and context are also discussed. Finally, detailed clinical and ethical guidelines for the appropriate use of touch in therapy are provided and description of ethical decision-making and a summary of California law in regard to touch in therapy are also presented. (Intermediate level).
Author's institution: Zur Institute Contact: drzur@drzur.com Language: English Country origin: USA
Entry number: 3294 English version:
Entry source: Courtenay Young Entered by: Courtenay Young Entry date: 15 November 2005
Key Phrases: Touch - Psychotherapy - Ethics - Education References: Objectives, References Other information: