Is the Wounded Healer or the Psychologically Inflexible Healer in Undergraduate Psychology and Social Work Programs More Empathic or Willing to Violate Professional Boundaries?

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Edward Dickeson (Author), Matthew F. Smout (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: Bond University.
• Ngā marau: article
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The term 'wounded healer' is sometimes used to describe people with a personal experience of adversity who enter a helping profession. Wounded healers have been thought to be both especially suited to counselling - perhaps through greater empathy for those in need - and at increased risk o...