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80 m a s s a g e & b o d y w o r k s e p t e m b e r / o c t o b e r 2 0 1 5 80 m a s s a g e & b o d y w o r k s e p t e m b e r / o c t o b e r 2 0 1 5 If you hear from clients who have experienced professional boundary crossings, please provide them with support and education about the practitioner's unethical behavior. • Explain how power differentials create a dynamic in which the client can never give authentic, equal consent for a personal relationship and assure them that none of what they've experienced is their fault. • Refer them to local victims' advocacy organizations and/or therapists who specialize in treating trauma from sexual abuse. • Encourage them to file complaints with your state's licensing board and even the police, if they are able to (sadly, only 4–8 percent of victims of sexual exploitation by helping professionals ever report the abuse 2 ).