<p><p>The goal of the neurotherapist is to advance the patient’s well being and maintain their best interests at all times.&nbsp;</p><p><b>Non Discrimination:</b>&nbsp;Neurotherapists will not discriminate or deny services to anyone based upon religion, gender identity,&nbsp; sexual orientation, ethic or national origin, race, socioeconomic status, or disability. Within reason, neurotherapists make accommodations to treat all individuals within their scope of practice. If a neurotherapist believes someone is outside of their scope of practice (e.g. an infant), they will do their best to find a suitable referral for those seeking help.&nbsp;</p><p><b>Dual Relationships:</b>&nbsp;A dual relationship is one that occurs outside of the neurotherapy clinic as a separate and distinct relationship during or after the termination of the neurotherapeutic relationship. Neurotherapists avoid dual relationships with patients that are able to impair professional judgment, as they are aware of their influential position in the patient-therapist dynamic. Not all dual relationships are unethical and some dual relationships cannot be avoided.&nbsp;</p><p><b>Unethical dual relationships</b>&nbsp;are those wherein a therapist borrows money from a patient, hires a patient, engages in business ventures with a patent, or enters a close personal relationship with a patient (this applies to patient’s spouses, partners and family members, as well). Sexual contact, intimacy or intercourse with a patient during the therapeutic relationship or two years following the relationship is unethical and strictly prohibited. If a neurotherapist engages in intimacy with a former patient or their spouse or partner, or immediate family member, within two years of the termination of the patient-therapist relationship, the neurotherapist risks the revocation of their quantitative EEG diplomacy and/or their board certification in neurotherapy. This type of conduct is considered harmful and potentially exploitative to the patient.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><b>Treatment disruption, abandonment or termination:</b>&nbsp;It is a neurotherapists professional and clinical responsibility to maintain practices and procedures that assure undisrupted care. This mat include providing contact information in case an emergency situation arises while the therapist is away. IT is important that a neurotherapist uses clinical judgment when terminating a relationship, as termination must be done in an appropriate manner and based upon sound reason (e.g. the patient is not benefitting from treatment, continuing treatment is no longer beneficial or appropriate, the neurotherapist can no longer provide treatment due to extenuating circumstances, or in order to avoid an ethical conflict or problem. It is unethical to abandon&nbsp; to neglect a patient in treatment; if a therapist is unable to continue providing treatment, they must attempt to provide their patient an alternative health care professional for their accommodation.</p><br></p>