Boundary Issues

Boundary and multiple relationship dilemmas continue to be among the more frequent issues psychologists confront in their professional work. Drs. Taube and Younggren address common quandaries, as well as those emerging due to COVID and its aftermath. Topics include shifting professional roles, boundary challenges in remote care, personal/professional boundaries, differentiating clinical from forensic practice, and more.

Daniel O. Taube earned his JD/PhD from Villanova University and Hahnemann University (1985 and 1987, respectively), as a member of the Joint Psychology and Law Graduate Program. He is Professor Emeritus at the California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, San Francisco and is currently a member of The American Insurance Trust’s Risk Management team. He consults nationally with a wide range of practitioners regarding standards of practice, ethical concerns, and risk management. His areas of professional focus include ethical and legal issues in professional practice, child protection and addictions.

A Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and a Distinguished Member of the National Academies of Practice (NAP), Jeffrey N. Younggren, PhD, is a clinical and forensic psychologist who lives in New Mexico. He was a clinical professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine and currently is a clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Younggren served as President of APA Division 42 (Psychologists in Independent Practice). He has served on numerous boards and committees, including the Ethics Committees of the California Psychological Association (CPA) and the APA, the APA Committee on Accreditation, and the APA/APLS Committee that drafted the Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychology. Dr. Younggren consults to various licensing boards on ethics and standards of care, and qualifies as an expert in criminal, civil and administrative proceedings. He continues to serve as a Risk Management consultant to The Trust and its policyholders.