Multiple Role Relationships

2-1 Discussion: Multiple Role Relationships

Define a multiple role relationship and how one might occur in professional psychology. Provide a brief example or scenario of a multiple role relationship. Discuss why your example scenario could be potentially problematic. How can multiple role relationships be either avoided or handled professionally? How might this relationship be permissible?

Check out the following articles to learn more about the APA's ethics code in terms of multiple role relationships:

American Psychological Association: Multiple relationships and APA's new Ethics Code: Values and applications

This article provides insight about boundaries and recommendations to remain ethical:

Boundaries and Multiple Relationships in Psychotherapy: Recommendations for Ethical Practice

Feel free to share your thoughts after reading these sources. Did you learn something new?

https://www.apa.org/monitor/jan04/ethics

https://societyforpsychotherapy.org/boundaries-and-multiple-relationships-in-psychotherapy-rec ommendations-for-ethical-practice/