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    • Global shifts in relationship, gender, and sexuality norms.
    • Increasing recognition of diverse relationship structures like polyamory.
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    • Conduct a scoping review on social work, counseling, and polyamory.
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    • Scoping review methodology.
    • Analysis of literature from the last decade.
    • Identification of emerging themes in social work and polyamory.

    Main Results:

    • Clinicians must examine biases against polyamory and monogamy.
    • Polyamorous individuals often exhibit fluid identities and sexual orientations.
    • Societal stigma necessitates safe environments for polyamorous clients.

    Conclusions:

    • Social work values client self-determination and critical discourse analysis.
    • The field would benefit from increased research into polyamory.
    • This review serves as a foundational step for future scholarship.