This article offers a discussion, from a counseling perspective, based on Sue Eusden's (2011) “Minding the Gap: Ethical Considerations for Therapeutic Engagement.” The author comments on the various levels and boundaries at which counselors might have to mind the gap, the necessity of risk taking, and how the art of minding the gap makes for ethical enactment.
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