Psychologists reflect on their sexual relationships with clients, supervisees, and students: Occurrence, impact, rationales and collegial intervention.

Practicing psychologists who engaged in prohibited sexual relationships with clients, supervisees, and students reflected on the impact, circumstances, and rationales associated with engaging in such relationships. Of the sample, 3.5% reported such relationships; 84% were male psychologists, and the majority of the relationships were with female clients after the therapist-client relationship ended. There was considerable variability in the evaluation of such relationships, with retrospective reflections being less positive. The majority of psychologists reported a significant impact on their professional work and identified personal vulnerabilities that contributed to developing such relationships. Collegial intervention was universally viewed as valuable. Professional implications are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)