Professional ethics issues arise when dual relationships or professional and client boundaries are violated. The Ethics Committee of the American Psychological Association (APA) found that 40-50% of complaints filed stem from concerns related to dual relationships (Meyer, 2005). Licenses held by psychology professionals are revoked when the professional fails to respect the rights of clients. The main cause of termination of employment is the dual relationship between the professional and his client (Meyer, 2005). The scenario presented in this article will discuss a dual relationship between a college professor, also a psychiatrist, and one of the professional's students. . The student seems distraught and the professor asks if everything is okay. The student explains the situation and the professor chats with the student for a few minutes and leaves for the office. The next day, the student thanks the professor for listening to him and understands that the professor is a psychologist. The student asks the professor for his business card. The next day, the student calls to make an appointment with the professor/psychologist. This scenario will be analyzed and used to explain the ethics of the situation as well as the boundary challenges that professionals must follow. What a Dual (Tammy) Relationship Means According to Ofer, the term dual relationship refers to any situation in which more than one role occurs between the therapist and the client (2007). Most consider a dual relationship to be the result of a sexual relationship between a patient and a client, but this is not always the case. Although many cases of dual relationships are indeed sexual, most are not. Dual relationships are strong...... middle of document ......Dual relationships in counselor education: A qualitative analysis. Counselor Training and Supervision, 41(3), 193. Meyer, J., (2005). New legal perspectives: psychologists in dual relationships. American Psychological Association. Retrieved October 8, 2011 from http://www.apa.org/divisions/div12/legalper.pdf. Ofer, Z. (2007). Double relationships. In O. Zur (Ed.), Frontiers of psychotherapy: Ethical and clinical explorations (pp. 21-46). American Psychological Association. doi:10.1037/11563-001 Pope, K. S. & Vasquez, M. J. T. (2007). Ethics in psychotherapy and counseling: A practical guide (3rd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass/Wiley. Rupert, PA and Holmes, DL (1997, November/December). Dual relationships in higher education. Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 68, No. 6. Retrieved October 8, 2011, from https://blackboard.centenarycollege.edu.