For those of us that graduated pre-Facebook, pre-Linked-In, nothing was covered in school regarding boundaries as they relate to social media. So unless a therapist has sought out continuing education in this area, there's no training on how to handle it.
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Almari Ginory, Laura Sabatier, Laura Mayol, & Spencer Eth ("Addressing therapeutic boundaries in social networking" in Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes, 2012):"An anonymous voluntary survey regarding Facebook use was distributed to current psychiatry residents through the American Psychiatric Association (APA) listserv.... 95.7% had current Facebook profiles, and 9.7% had received friend requests from patients. In addition, 18.7% admitted to viewing patient profiles on Facebook.... Specific guidance regarding social media websites and the potential for ethical difficulties should be offered to trainees."
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