ABSTRACT
G. R. Schoener and J. Gonsiorek describe a model of assessment and rehabilitation planning based on their work with over 1000 mental health workers who had engaged in sexual boundary violations. W. Tschan describes a semi-structured, manual-based, boundary-training rehabilitation program consisting of 24 modules and lasting a minimum of 2 years for professionals engaging in boundary violations as a requisite for returning to the field. Rehabilitation of professionals engaging in boundary violations at a minimum consists of a thorough assessment, mandated therapy for the transgressing professional, augmented supervision, and practice limitations. Rehabilitation, however comprehensive and individualized, remains an extremely contentious topic. Rehabilitation of transgressing professionals has been in use for decades, and it has many proponents. A more profound concern is the use of polarized “us and them” and “splitting” occurring in the field, which depicts boundary-transgressing professionals as irredeemable.
