APA Codes of Ethics: 3.05 Multiple RelationshipsIntroductionThe relationship between a therapist and their client is very important. However, too much relating to a client can be potentially damaging to the client as well as the therapist. The American Psychological Association (APA) Codes of Ethics 3.05a address how to ethically manage multiple relationships. A dual or multiple relationship exists whenever an advisor has other relationships with a client in addition to or in succession to the advisor-client relationship (Moleski & Kiselica, 2005). A multiple relationship occurs when one of the following occurs: a psychologist enters into a professional role with a client and (1) and at the same time enters into another role with that client such as friend, sexual partner, or teacher , (2) or enter into a relationship with a person who is related or closely associated with the customer, or (3) promises to enter into a relationship in the future with the customer or a person closely associated or related to the customer.Codes APA Ethics 3.05 states that a psychologist shall refrain from entering into a multiple relationship if the multiple relationships could reasonably be expected to impair the psychologist's objectivity, competence, or effectiveness in the exercise of his functions as a psychologist, or risk being exploited or harming the person with whom the professional relationship exists (APA). This ethical code suggests that the psychologist should not form multiple relationships with their client if doing so could harm the psychologist's professional performance or harm the client. Code of Ethics 3.05a improves the profession by helping to limit the harm that can be expected when confidential information has been shared in the middle of a paper...... during contact with their client itself if it is a friend outside the session. Sometimes additional support outside of the session is more beneficial to the client than just in-session support. It is important to be open to the roles that are presented to the psychologist and to be careful about these roles. Works Cited American Psychological Association. (2010). Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct. American Psychologist, 57, p 6. Dalleasasse, SL (2010). Managing multiple nonsexual relationships in university counseling centers: Recommendations for graduate assistants and student practicums. Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group, 1-11. doi:10.1080/10508422.2010.521440Moleski, SM & Kiselica, MS (2005). Dual relationships: A continuum from destructive to therapeutic. Consulting and development journal, 83, 1-11.