1. I will be professional, respectful and responsible in attitude and conduct to all activities and relations with clients and working partners. I will be reliable in agreements and hold the safety and wellbeing of my clients paramount at all times.
2. I recognise the importance of consent and choice in all professional interactions with individuals and groups. I will provide a range of options from which the client can actively elect that will best serve their own growth. At no time shall a client be required or coerced to participate in any activity against their wishes. I will inform and educate clients about consent and choice and actively create environments where clients are empowered to exercise those skills.
3. I acknowledge the importance of maintaining and respecting agreed boundaries. Boundaries are to be discussed, agreed and set at the beginning of each session, including the process to follow if the client requests to change their boundaries during the session. Maintaining the agreed boundaries also includes stopping touch when clients request it.
4. Sessions are client-centred and the client’s boundaries and choices are of primary importance. Physical or energetic touch may be suggested if deemed appropriate. If so, the touch will be done consciously and with the attitude to do no harm, with concern for the client's wellbeing; for the safety of both/all parties; and to honour the agreed boundaries established. I agree to co-create clear agreements with clients before engaging in any form of bodywork.
5. In all bodywork sessions I will remain clothed and all touch is unidirectional only, practitioner to client. I reserve the right to terminate any session if my boundaries are not respected.
6. I acknowledge the importance of physical, emotional, mental, spiritual and sexual well-being of my clients. To protect the health of both client and myself, I recognise the need for risk-reduction and professional protocol in all bodywork sessions that include genital contact. Professional protocol for intimate touch includes the use of medical-grade examination gloves and quality lubricants.
7. I understand the inherent inequality of power I hold relative to clients in my role of practitioner and agree not to use this power for the sexual exploitation of clients. I agree that I will not seek to meet my erotic/sexual needs through my clients. I am conscious that, and make clients conscious that, sessions will neither fulfil my own, nor the client’s desire for romantic sexual connection.
8. I agree not to have any form of romantic or sexual contact with clients outside of sessions. If attraction occurs within the professional relationship, either from myself or the client, we agree to discuss the attraction with the aim of maintaining clear professional boundaries. For the protection of both parties all professional contact will cease and no personal communication will take place for a minimum six (6) month period.
9. I will consider the limits of my skills and experience before accepting requests for or providing educational or instructional services to potential clients and will refuse professional work for which I am insufficiently qualified. If appropriate I may recommend another modality or practitioner.
10. I will refrain from providing bodywork, training sessions and/or presenting any instructional material while either I or the client is under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs.
11. I will refrain from the exploitation of professional relationships with clients, whether current or past, for personal gain, whether financial, professional, emotional, sexual, or for research purposes.
12. I will respect and preserve the privacy of all information gained from clients. All activity conducted during a session will remain confidential.