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Family Therapists and Religious Communities: Negotiating Dual Relationships *
Author(s) -
Hill Miriam R.,
Mamalakis Philip M.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
family relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1741-3729
pISSN - 0197-6664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2001.00199.x
Subject(s) - negotiation , dual (grammatical number) , face (sociological concept) , family therapy , psychology , social psychology , religious community , psychotherapist , public relations , sociology , political science , social science , art , literature , anthropology
Family therapists involved with religious communities as leaders, employees, or community members face unique challenges in evaluating the potential benefits and risks of dual relationships. Building on existing literature, we propose a three‐level model of factors for therapists to use to evaluate risk: (a) professional ethics codes and legal guidelines, (b) theory of therapy, and (c) contextual variables and relationships among the therapist, the client, and the religious community.