The Truth About The Codes Of Ethics: Dispelling the Rumors that Dual Relationships are Unethical

Quite often on this forum the issue of friending your former therapist comes up and to the ethics of whether it is or isn’t proper and if it is, then when can a sequential relation begin. I’m no a fan of the author, Zur, but this article covers many of the major professional associations ethic codes in the US along with commentary by Zur. He also mentions Australian and Canadian ethic codes.

Dual Relationships - The Truth About Dual Relationships Codes Of Ethics and Dispelling the Rumors that Dual Relationships are Unethical, by Ofer Zur, Ph.D.

In the end it is really up to the therapist and I gather most covered by these codes don’t want it or are to afraid because we live in a litigious nation.