The Ethics 104 course addresses one of the most complex and under-taught areas of professional ethics: the complexity of dual and multiple relationships, especially in psychedelic and other profound states of consciousness. While these multiple roles are often unavoidable—and sometimes built into the roles practitioners hold—there is very little formal guidance on how to navigate them ethically, especially when clients are in heightened, vulnerable, and highly suggestible states.

Taught by Kylea Taylor, this course offers a rare, in-depth exploration of the legal, ethical, and relational implications of dual relationships in contemporary psychedelic and consciousness-based practice. Drawing on decades of clinical experience and ethical consultation, the course moves beyond simplistic prohibitions to examine real-world complexity, ethical discernment, and the skills and capacities required for responsible practice.

Ethics 104 provides ethics Continuing Education (CE) credits for licensed practitioners, offering unique ethics training that is both professionally relevant and deeply applicable to the realities of modern therapeutic, spiritual, and community-based work. For professionals who work where relationship itself carries therapeutic power, this course offers clarity, grounding, and practical ethical support.

Prior courses in this series include Ethics 101, Ethics 102, and Ethics 103. Buy two of more of these Ethics courses to receive 20% off!

Who is this course for?

• This Ethics 104 course is designed for professionals who work in contexts where relationship, trust, and altered or profound states of consciousness are central to the work—and where dual or multiple relationships may arise naturally or unavoidably.

• This course is exceptionally well-suited for:

• Licensed mental health professionals (psychologists, social workers, counselors, marriage and family therapists) seeking ethics Continuing Education (CE) credits that are directly relevant to their clinical practice

• Psychedelic-assisted therapy practitioners and trainees, including therapists, sitters, guides, and facilitators working in legal, clinical, research, or spiritual contexts

• Clinicians working with extra-ordinary or non-ordinary states of consciousness, including deep trauma work, grief, spiritual emergence, breathwork, and intensive somatic or depth-oriented modalities

• Clergy, spiritual leaders, and ministers whose roles inherently involve overlapping professional, spiritual, and community relationships

• Practitioners in small, rural, or close-knit communities, where avoiding dual relationships is often impractical or impossible

• Experienced professionals who want ethics education that goes beyond rule-based prohibitions and instead supports discernment, self-reflection, and ethical maturity

Ethics 104 is appropriate for both seasoned practitioners and those in training who want to build strong ethical discernment skills before complex relational situations arise.

If you are in a position of trust with people in vulnerable, intensified, or transformative states—and you want ethics training that reflects the realities of that work while also providing CE credit—this course was designed with you in mind.

Course Sections

Section 1 – Introduction to Dual and Multiple Relationships: What They Are and Why They Matter

Section 2 – Law, Ethics, Benefits, and Risks: What Professional Standards Require—and Allow

Section 3 – The Challenges of Dual and Multiple Relationships: Amplification, Power, and Ethical Complexity

Section 4 – Should I Take On This Relationship?: Discernment and Ethical Capacity

Section 5 – Multiple Role Relationships in Real Life: A Conversation with Gv Freeman

Section 6 – Supervision and Dual Relationships: Support, Accountability, and Ethical Growth

Learning Objectives

After this course, you will be able to:

1.  Identify a professional dual or multiple relationship.
2. List the four ethical principles of healthcare and apply them to assessing dual or multiple relationship.
3. List one reason why dual relationship is ethically precarious.
4. Explain one reason why dual relationship may be of benefit to the client.
5. Describe four capacities that make a successful outcome more likely when there is a therapeutic dual or multiple relationship.