The situation is that my next door neighbor is in a "relationship" (and I use that term loosely here) with a complete bonehead who not only has a substance abuse problem, but a self-support deficit. She can't see that the only reason he is with her is for sex and a free place to stay. How do you know this? Is your neighbor your client and seeing you for psychotherapy? If not you can not ethically act as if you are her psychotherapist and give her psychological advice without informed consent permission. It would seem as if you have confused your therapeutic boundaries and have allowed your professional boundaries with your clients bleed over into your private, personal relationships. That’s not healthy for either yourself or your neighbors and also harms the reputations of all social workers because laypeople will think that all social workers do what you do. Also you calling this man a bone head is derogatory and if you called an actual client that to her or his face that would be grounds for an ethics complaint. If you called me that and I was your client, I would be pretty upset with you myself. I also find it very interesting, that instead of calling 911 when your neighbor was (supposedly) in danger, you instead waited to call 911 until you yourself were (supposedly) in danger. If you are truly concerned for your neighbors situation, then why did you not call 911 when your neighbor was in danger? Why did you wait until your neighbor was out of danger and you were supposedly in danger? After interjecting yourself in a physical confrontation with your neighbors? You may want to ask yourself where that came from.
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