Abstract: Multiple relationships are defined by the APA Ethics Code (2002) as a therapist having a professional relationship with a client while simultaneously engaging in a secondary relationship with that client (be it social, business related, sexual, etc.). While the Ethics Code makes exceptions for these prohibitions, stating that a multiple relationship is not unethical if it does not involve exploitation of the client of loss of objectivity, a gray area exists in this definition. Furthermore, empirical research to date has not examined the reverse of this multiple relationship scenario: a social relationship becoming one of a therapeutic nature. The present study examined the dynamic of advice-giving between psychologists and their own inner-circle and explored the level of intervention and expectation of intervention between these samples. One hundred and fifteen participants were included (81 psychologists and 34 family members/friends of psychologists) and involved online as well as in-person vignettes regarding potential dual relationship scenarios between a therapist and their social circle. Both quantitative and qualitative data was extrapolated and showed that psychologists gave less intervention to their family and friends than their inner-circle expected (family members expecting the most intervention), that psychologists' level of intervention correlated with their estimation of their colleagues engaging in the same behavior and that psychologists answered consistently despite multiple methodologies (online versus in-person). Themes included boundaries of professionals getting more strict over time, that family and friends of psychologists believe that they are frequently being over-analyzed, that psychologists are in disagreement over whether they can compartmentalize their work versus social self and that professionals make a distinction between clinical advice giving and psychoeducation. Strengths and limitations of the study are discussed as well as directions for future research, such as: including role playing, self-awareness and assertiveness training in regards to this topic in psychology graduate and CEU courses, replicating this study with a national sample and larger family/friend pool and continuing to bring definition and establish frameworks around psychologists giving advice to their inner-circle and the standard of care in the professional community.