BBSH UK 24-25 Advanced Studies Catalog - Flipbook - Page 30
EXCEPTIONS FOR PREEXISTING RELATIONSHIPS
The above policy does not apply if a relationship existed between:
1. A Teacher or AS Year 3 student and a Year 1–4 student or AS Year 1–2 students, prior to the Year 1–4 student enrolling in the
School.
2. A Teacher and an AS Year 3 Student, prior to the AS Year 3 student enrolling in the AS Year 3 program.
3. An AS 1 student and a Year 1–4 student prior to the AS student enrolling in the AS program.
In these cases, the preexisting relationship must be disclosed to the Class Dean and the School President and the Teacher may
not be the student’s Small Class Teacher, BIP, Supervisor, or Case Leader. The Teacher and student will be advised to keep
clear and distinct boundaries around their roles within the School and seek supervision as needed.
OTHER TEACHER/STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS
Although not grounds for Teachers’ or AS Year 3 students’ dismissal from the School, other Teacher/student relationships that
are considered inappropriate to the BBSH teaching environment are:
• Meetings with a student and/or his/her family for social purposes only.
• Any other personal relationship in which the teaching and the well-being of the student are not the primary objectives.
This includes all business relationships.
In a teaching and/or therapeutic environment, it is imperative that clear and predictable boundaries are kept for our students.
Relationships of Teachers with students outside the primary teaching or supervision relationship create situations in which the
therapeutic transference can no longer be as clearly identified and constructively used. New situations occur where different
types of transferential and countertransferential reactions occur and the original Teacher/student relationship becomes less clear
and less honest. This is also true of AS 3/Year 1–4 students because AS 3 students are in an internship role with respect to
Year 1–4 students. It is therefore inappropriate for Teachers/AS 3 students to enter into any personal or business relationships
with BBSH Year 1–4 students.
PROTOCOL
If a Teacher or AS Year 3 student begins to feel romantically or sexually attracted to a student, he/she should bring it to his/her
supervision sessions to work on the underlying issues so that they can be dealt with and cleared, and also notify their Class
Dean and Director of Academic Affairs. It is most important that these feelings are not kept secret from the faculty in order to
keep them from being acted out. In this way the Teacher/AS 3 student can uncover the true nature of the relationship and
make more informed decisions about his/her future with respect to the School.
We ask that you fully consider the very serious implications of Teacher/student relationships on your personal well-being, the
safety of the students, the integrity of the teaching, and the reputation of the School and of the Brennan Healing Science profession.
Note: For further study, please read the article “Working with Sexual Transference” by Virginia Wink Hilton and Pathwork® Lecture #44,
“The Forces of Love, Sex and Eros.”
TEACHER/TEACHER RELATIONSHIPS
Romantic relationships, sexual or nonsexual, are not permitted between Teachers, or between Deans and Teachers, assigned
to the same teaching team. If a Teacher or Dean begins to feel romantically or sexually attracted to another Teacher on his/
her teaching team, the faculty member must notify their Class Dean. Additionally, the Teacher or Dean should deal with the
situation in his/her supervision sessions.
Upon learning of a romantic relationship between team members, the Class Dean, in collaboration with the BBSH President as
appropriate, will assess the implications for the students, School and teaching team. After assessing the situation, one of the faculty
members involved will be reassigned to another teaching team.
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