ABSTRACT
The most effectual intervention for decreasing sexual boundary violations in mental health practice is clinician self-monitoring for sexual arousal and romantic attraction towards clients, and seeking supervision or peer consultation promptly when it is recognized. Most university and college programs offer minimal education on sexual topics in general and even less on management of one’s own attraction and arousal. Employers too have a significant part to play, and this entails more than disseminating policy stating sexual boundary violations are unacceptable. They should remind employees that sexual attraction towards and from clients is to be expected and that there is nothing inherently wrong with the human responses. Professionals must do more but so too must all those who support them to engage in a career that unfortunately comes with an occupational hazard of sexual boundary violations.
