When discussing the importance of professional boundaries in mental health work, most people think first of the relationships between psychotherapists and clients. However, similar boundary considerations are relevant to faculty-student relationships, supervisor-supervisee relationships, consultant-consultee relationships, and researcher-participant relationships. Although different dynamics are at play, the relationships that psychologists have with each other, with other professionals, and with the general public have limits that also warrant ethical consideration. The American Psychological Association (APA) offers some advice. The APA Code of Ethics states, in Standard 7.07: "Psychologists shall not engage in sexual relations with students or supervisees who are in their department, agency, or training center or upon whom the psychologists have or are likely to have evaluative authority” (2010). This appears to exclude meetings during the semester, and perhaps afterward if there is a likelihood of continued interaction (Handelsman, 2011). For example, what if a student needs a letter of recommendation for a job and wants the professor they see outside of the classroom to write it? Although the code remains silent on social relationships and the sharing of feelings, we get some help from other sources of guidance such as institutional guidelines and moral codes; some colleges and universities have rules regarding professors dating students (Handelsman, 2011). It is common for adults working in a professional or corporate environment to be informed of the law and/or policy regarding sexual contact and romantic relationships in the workplace (Barbella, 2010). ). In a school environment, at least at the secondary level...... middle of paper ....... ''Ultimately, what guides everything is that the student must respect the teacher and that the teacher must respect the student,'” said President Williams; “That's the way life is anyway” (Barbella, 2010). Works CitedBarbella, L. (2010). Sexuality and Culture. An Interdisciplinary Quarterly, Vol 14 (1), pp. 44-48. Handelsman, MM (2011, May 28). ? [Web blog comment]. Retrieved from http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-ethical-professor/201105/social-and-sexual-scenarios-students-what-would-you-doKnapp, SJ ( ed.); Gottlieb, MC (ed.); Handelsman, MM (ed.); VandeCreek, LD (2012). , DC: American Psychological Association