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Questions:
1. What is one rationalization some have about abuse of the personal contact boundary with clients?
2. What are some biases against the validity of the topic of the Sexual abuse of Power between client and therapists?
3. What is one key factor that adds to the power imbalance between client and therapists?
4. What are two hurdles that remain after the client leaves the abusive relationship?
5. What are four characteristics that separate the normal power imbalance in a therapeutic relationship from an unethical power imbalance?
6. What are four warning signs that a client may be vulnerable to an abusive balance of power?
7. What are the six categories listed in Schoener's typology of abuse?
8. What is one reason females are more vulnerable to therapeutic sexual abuse according to Penford?
9. What are some factors exploitative therapy relationships can contain?
10. What is "robotization?"
11. What are the three phases a victim may experience once she realizes the truth about her abuse?
12. What is a key in working with a client who has been abused by a therapist?
13. What are three phases of healing for the survivor of abuse?
14. What are some feelings an abuse survivor experiences to detour him or her from informing others?

Answers:
A. Many females are still programmed to believe that they will be happy and fulfilled by serving others..
B. Indulgence of professional privilege, role reversal, secrecy, and a double bind..
C. 1. focuses on her partner without any regard for her own needs, 2. remains subservient and self-effacing, and 3. starts to regain some control over her life..
D. The Bad Apple bias; Victim Blaming; Sexism; the Eunuch idea; and Codes of Ethics..
E. Naive and uninformed, healthy or mildly neurotic, severely neurotic, character disorders, sociopath or narcissistic, and psychotic or borderline personality disorders..
F. Experiencing a shutdown of thoughts, feelings, judgment and initiative..
G. It is key to show I understand, accept, and support their feelings of betrayal and anger..
H. Faith placed in the therapists as having special status..
I. Idealization of the professional; wishes for a rescuer; intense feelings bound up in the relationship; and traumatic transfer..
J. Diversion, erotic, exhibitionistic, dependency, power seeking, greed, and enabling..
K. Sexual abuse of clients mainly happened in the 90’s, and before. Today therapist are too lawsuit conscious for this to be an issue..
L. Seeking and finding support from friends and seeking professional help.
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M. Shame, self-doubt, and fear..
N. Three phases of healing for abuse: 1. Remembering the trauma; 2. getting in touch with the feelings; and 3. developing a survivor rather than a victim mentality..

Questions:
15. The AAMFT, NBCC, and APA prohibit sexual relationship with former client’s for a period of two years. However, what does the NASW Code state?

Answers:
A. Misunderstanding the present in terms of the past..

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