Dialogue and Reflection Practices

If management does not visibly prioritise sexuality and SBV, professionals are unlikely to take these themes seriously either. Rules and policies about what is acceptable must be paired with structured processes for reflection and dialogue about how situations are discussed and addressed. Dialogue about sexuality and boundaries must be structurally embedded in team and organisational processes rather than left to individual initiative. Clients and professionals can influence management-level policy and practice through co-creative, bottom-up approaches. Bystander-effect training is identified as a useful tool for developing professionals' readiness to speak up when they witness concerns. Managers can set the tone for open dialogue about sexuality by engaging with the topic visibly and modelling personal vulnerability themselves.