Issues in Counselor Education: Multiple roles that doctoral students play

Numerous dual relationship issues present themselves in the counselor education and training process. Some of these issues involve subtle and complex questions about where boundaries should be drawn when counselor educators play multiple roles and have multiple responsibilities with their students. This chapter explores relationship boundary concerns that commonly arise in counselor education programs and presents the thoughts of several guest contributors. Counselor educators who are able to establish appropriate personal and professional boundaries are in a good position to teach students how to develop appropriate boundaries for themselves. Careful supervision and monitoring are needed to ensure that problematic dual relationship problems between students are avoided whenever possible and that they are resolved when they do occur. Course support software and technology- enabled communication enhances the ability of faculty and students to interact outside the classroom.