BCACC Standards of Clinical Practice (Associate Handbook)
BC Association of Clinical Counsellors
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Standard 8 — Relationships, Boundaries, and Conflict of Interest
(BCACC Standards of Clinical Practice, effective Nov 1 2023)
BC Association of Clinical Counsellors
Boundary-related criteria (section numbers)
- 8.1 — Power imbalance and trust in therapeutic relationships
- 8.2 — Initiating, maintaining, and transitioning client care
- 8.3 — Refraining from misconduct that harms clients
- 8.4 — Awareness of obligations to report misconduct
- 8.5 — Avoiding direct, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest
- 8.6 — Disclosing and documenting conflicts of interest
- 8.7 — Managing risks in multiple/client collaborations
- 8.8 — Respecting client requests for referral
- 8.9 — Providing appropriate referrals/continuity of care
- 8.10 — Avoiding multiple relationships during assessment/expert reporting
- 8.11 — Recognizing and managing increased risk of multiple relationships
- 8.12 — Documenting multiple relationships and safeguards
- 8.13 — Refraining from social, business, or personal relationships with current clients
- 8.14 — Managing relationships with past clients or supervisees safely
- 8.15 — Refusing significant gifts/incentives that exploit power imbalance or affect care, judgment, or trust
BC Association of Clinical Counsellors
These are the verbatim section numbers from the Standards that encompass professional boundary expectations in the context of clinical counselling practice.