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Broken Boundaries
Chapter One
by Amy Masters |
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The realisation suddenly dawned on me when I woke up. I was in a psychiatric ward. The events of the previous night were just a blur. The admission process had been intimidating, lengthy and intrusive and I was tired and scared. I was in a dormitory with three strangers, an alien environment in which I didn’t belong. Confused and tangled thoughts were rushing through my mind. What was I doing here? How on earth had I ended up in this place? I’d known about it all my life- it was the place for ‘mad people’ and was to be feared and avoided, I didn’t belong here. I felt as if I had lost everything – my career, my fiancé, my future, even the motivation to live.
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Welcome to the WITNESS website
WITNESS is the professional boundaries charity.
WITNESS aims to promote safe boundaries between professionals and the public in order to prevent abuse. We do this by providing support, education and research services and by working for change. |
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Meeting For Survivors
"Our all female group meets once every two months, usually on a Friday afternoon. Our next meeting will be our sixth and we have had some really positive feedback. Some of us find it difficult to talk to family and friends about the abuse we have suffered, so having somewhere to go that is completely confidential with people who have suffered in a similar way is extremely comforting. We are all at different stages in our recovery, which is helpful as we share information that has helped us along the way.
If you have been abused by a person in a position of trust you are welcome to join our group, our next meeting is October 2nd 2009 please contact Karen at survivors08@aol.com for further details."
Run by Survivors for Survivors.
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Professional boundaries training
WITNESS has a separate website for our training and educational work. It holds information about our training services, conferences and events. Please click on the link below to visit the site.
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Open Training Sessions
Introduction to Professional Boundaries The next training day is being held on 16th September 2009 in central London.
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'Broken Boundaries' Book
Broken Boundaries is a collection of seven real-life stories told by the women who have lived them. Each of the authors takes the reader through a telling journey of blurred boundaries, dependency, exploitation and the aftermath.
These stories contain crucial insights for other people going through similar experiences, for those trying to help them and for those who hold positions of trust. More Information
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Amazon Book Store
WITNESS's online bookstore includes both academic and popular texts of interest to everyone with an interest in learning more about the issues. For each purchase made Amazon makes a small donation to WITNESS.
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Arts therapist struck off
2nd June 2009
AN arts therapist who fell asleep during sessions with patients, swore at them and suggested one take advantage of “unlimited sex” has been struck off. Derek Gale also smoked cannabis in front of patients, made a number of them help rebuild his practice, and wrote to one signing himself “daddy”.
GSCC may issue guidance on sexual boundaries with users
01 June 2009
The General Social Care Council may produce guidance on the professional boundaries between social workers and service users following two major research projects. The GSCC is using its research, which looked at professional boundaries from the perspective of social workers and of people who use services, to “explore a range of practical support measures, of which guidance is one”. |
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