{"id":180029,"date":"2022-07-21T15:44:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T21:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksofdiscovery.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=180029"},"modified":"2025-01-01T07:47:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T14:47:32","slug":"the-ethics-of-touch-3rd-edition","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/booksofdiscovery.com\/product\/the-ethics-of-touch-3rd-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ethics of Touch, 3rd Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;An ethical pathway to professional success and integrity.\\n\\nCo-authors\\nBen Benjamin, Ph.D.\\nCherie Sohnen-Moe\\n\\nIn this definitive work on ethics, Ben Benjamin and Cherie Sohnen-Moe directly address the difficult, confusing, and seldom discussed, but often troubling dilemmas confronting manual therapy practitioners. The Ethics of Touch, 3rd edition, promotes a deep and personal exploration of these multilayered issues. By identifying clear principles and naming specific resources, Ben and Cherie have provided an essential guide that supports and inspires both students and seasoned practitioners. \\n\\nThrough reflective exercises, insight-promoting questions, and stories straight from the treatment room, students are led on a personal journey where they discover and internalize the highest professional standards and outline practical steps to meet them. Practitioners with a clear understanding of ethical behavior and professional communication skills are the ones who create and build successful practices. This book belongs in the office of every manual therapy practitioner.\\n\\nExplore instructor resources.\\n\\nHelps manual therapy students and practitioners develop principled, ethical guideposts \\nWorking through the textbook is both a personal and practical journey\u2014a way to take those guidelines to heart. The Ethics of Touch leads students to: \\n\u2022 Build a solid foundation in ethics and develop appropriate boundaries. \\n\u2022 Master skills that encourage trust and open, effective communication. \\n\u2022 Establish the highest level of professionalism regarding touch, sex, and intimacy. \\n\u2022 Safely bring touch therapies to clients with embodied trauma.\\n\\nView student resources.\\n\\nAbout the authors\\n\\nBen Benjamin, Ph.D., is a leading expert in the fields of ethics and communication within the context of manual therapy. A renowned practitioner, teacher, school owner, and professional coach, Dr. Benjamin emphasizes the need for clear boundaries and effective communications to navigate the ethical issues inherent in treating clients.\\n\\nCo-author Cherie Sohnen-Moe, author of the best-selling textbook Business Mastery, has a national reputation as an industry leader, educator, and consultant. She applies the principles of conscientious, ethical practice to everyday choices hands-on therapists need to make. \\n\\nAdd it to your PC, Mac, or iPad today!\\n\\nThis digital version allows you to bookmark pages, enlarge images, highlight text, and make notes through VitalSource Bookshelf. In addition, an easy-to-navigate table of contents helps you quickly find the chapter or term you\u2019re looking for. Compatible with PCs, Macs, iPads, Android tablets, and some versions of the Kindle Fire.\\n\\nThis product is final sale.\\nDigital products are not refundable.\\nSTUDENTS: please check with your instructor to verify that an eTextbook is suitable for your course. \\n\\nFor non-US customers, please click here to place your order.\\n\\nAlso available on the RedShelf website.\\n\\nISBN 978-1-8829084-5-5&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:897,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:0,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0}\" data-sheets-textstyleruns=\"{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;5&quot;:1}}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:57}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:315,&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;6&quot;:1}}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:347}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:1678,&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;5&quot;:1}}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:1695}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:2311,&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;5&quot;:1}}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:2349}\"><strong>An ethical pathway to professional success and integrity.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Co-authors<br \/>\nBen Benjamin, Ph.D.<br \/>\nCherie Sohnen-Moe<\/p>\n<p>In this definitive work on ethics, Ben Benjamin and Cherie Sohnen-Moe directly address the difficult, confusing, and seldom discussed, but often troubling dilemmas confronting manual therapy practitioners. <em>The Ethics of Touch, 3rd edition<\/em>, promotes a deep and personal exploration of these multilayered issues. By identifying clear principles and naming specific resources, Ben and Cherie have provided an essential guide that supports and inspires both students and seasoned practitioners.<\/p>\n<p>Through reflective exercises, insight-promoting questions, and stories straight from the treatment room, students are led on a personal journey where they discover and internalize the highest professional standards and outline practical steps to meet them. Practitioners with a clear understanding of ethical behavior and professional communication skills are the ones who create and build successful practices. This book belongs in the office of every manual therapy practitioner.<\/p>\n<p>Explore <a href=\"https:\/\/booksofdiscovery.com\/for-instructors\/\">instructor resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Helps manual therapy students and practitioners develop principled, ethical guideposts<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nWorking through the textbook is both a personal and practical journey\u2014a way to take those guidelines to heart.<em> The Ethics of Touch<\/em> leads students to:<br \/>\n\u2022 Build a solid foundation in ethics and develop appropriate boundaries.<br \/>\n\u2022 Master skills that encourage trust and open, effective communication.<br \/>\n\u2022 Establish the highest level of professionalism regarding touch, sex, and intimacy.<br \/>\n\u2022 Safely bring touch therapies to clients with embodied trauma.<\/p>\n<p>View <a href=\"https:\/\/booksofdiscovery.com\/for-students\/\">student resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the authors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ben Benjamin, Ph.D., is a leading expert in the fields of ethics and communication within the context of manual therapy. A renowned practitioner, teacher, school owner, and professional coach, Dr. Benjamin emphasizes the need for clear boundaries and effective communications to navigate the ethical issues inherent in treating clients.<\/p>\n<p>Co-author Cherie Sohnen-Moe, author of the best-selling textbook Business Mastery, has a national reputation as an industry leader, educator, and consultant. She applies the principles of conscientious, ethical practice to everyday choices hands-on therapists need to make.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Add it to your PC, Mac, or iPad today!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This digital version allows you to bookmark pages, enlarge images, highlight text, and make notes through VitalSource Bookshelf. In addition, an easy-to-navigate table of contents helps you quickly find the chapter or term you\u2019re looking for. Compatible with PCs, Macs, iPads, Android tablets, and some versions of the Kindle Fire.<\/p>\n<p>This product is final sale.<br \/>\nDigital products are not refundable.<br \/>\nSTUDENTS: please check with your instructor to verify that an eTextbook is suitable for your course.<\/p>\n<p>ISBN 978-1-8829084-5-5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An ethical pathway to professional success and integrity. Co-authors Ben Benjamin, Ph.D. Cherie Sohnen-Moe In this definitive work on ethics, Ben Benjamin and Cherie Sohnen-Moe directly address the difficult, confusing, and seldom discussed, but often troubling dilemmas confronting manual therapy practitioners. The Ethics of Touch, 3rd edition, promotes a deep and personal exploration of these multilayered issues. 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