CH 3. Ethics

Question 1

Sympathy

Answer 1

You care that the client is hurting, but you don’t take on their feelings yourself.

Question 2

Transference

Answer 2

Client viewing someone in their life or close to them.

Question 3

Barter

Answer 3

Exchanging massage services for goods or services instead of money.

Question 4

Beneficence

Answer 4

Actively doing good and working for the best interest of your client.

Question 5

Repression

Answer 5

When someone unconsciously pushes away painful memories or feelings so they don’t have to deal with them.

Question 6

Boundaries

Answer 6

limitations that can be set by the massage therapist and the client.

Question 7

Slander

Answer 7

Saying something false about someone that hurts their reputation.

Question 8

Confidentiality

Answer 8

Keeping a client’s personal and health information private—only sharing it if they give permission or if the law requires it.

Question 9

open-ended

Answer 9

A question that can’t be answered with just “yes” or “no.” It encourages the client to share more detail.

Question 10

Denial

Answer 10

Refusing to acknowledge a reality or feeling, often unconsciously.

Question 11

regression

Answer 11

taking a step back phychologically when faced with stress

Question 12

Active listening

Answer 12

Fully paying attention to what a client is saying—words, tone, and body language—and showing you understand.

Question 13

Self disclosure

Answer 13

Sharing personal information about yourself with a client.

Question 14

Rights

Answer 14

refers to the client having the ability to have informed consent and autonomy in makiing decisions that are in their best interest

Question 15

Tort

Answer 15

wrongful act by one that is resposible for an injury or harm to another person and is considered a civil wront that bears liabilty.

Question 16

Scope of practice

Answer 16

The specific procedures and services a massage therapist is legally allowed to perform.

Question 17

Semi-permeable boundaries

Answer 17

Boundaries that allow some personal connection but still maintain professionalism.

Question 18

Ethical dilemma

Answer 18

A situation which offers differing choices that conflict with a person’s ethics.

Question 19

Permeable boundaries

Answer 19

boundaries that allow coversation, imformation, and emotions to flow freely between therapist and client.

Question 20

Power differential

Answer 20

The imbalance of authority or influence between therapist and client.

Question 21

Gravity

Answer 21

The seriousness or importance of a situation or action.

Question 22

Passive listening

Answer 22

Hearing what the client says without fully engaging or responding.

Question 23

libel

Answer 23

Writing or publishing something false about someone that harms their reputation.

Question 24

Therapeutic relationship

Answer 24

A professional, trust-based connection between therapist and client focused on the client’s well-being.

Question 25

Duties

Answer 25

The responsibilities a massage therapist has toward their clients, profession, and society.

Question 26

Empathy

Answer 26

The ability to understand and feel what a client is experiencing without taking on their emotions as your own.

Question 27

displacement

Answer 27

When someone redirects emotions from the original source onto a safer target or satisfying an impulse by substiution.

Question 28

Counter transference

Answer 28

When a therapist unconsciously projects their own feelings or past experiences onto a client.

Question 29

Kickback

Answer 29

An unethical payment or reward given in exchange for referrals or business.

Question 30

nepotism

Answer 30

Favoring family or friends in professional decisions, even if it’s unfair.

Question 31

Impermeable boundaries

Answer 31

severely limit the exchange of information between client and therapist.

Question 32

body language

Answer 32

Nonverbal cues like posture, gestures, and facial expressions that communicate feelings or attitudes or unspoken communication through the body.

Question 33

projection

Answer 33

When someone unconsciously attributes their own feelings or traits onto another person.