| Your response | Response example | |
|---|---|---|
| What is happening, or failing to happen, that is causing the trouble? |
Making a professional relationship into a personal one |
The supervisor’s friendship has caused a multiple relationship; neither the supervisor nor the trainee are respecting boundaries |
| How might the supervisor go about improving this situation? |
Remain cordial but keep social and personal relationships separate. |
The supervisor can re-set the relationship by starting over, model good ethics by citing the ethics code and how the friendship violates it, and then going over boundaries and expected behavior during feedback sessions. Also explain consequences if the problem persists. |
