As a youth counselors one must watch their relationships and how they manage their clients in order to avoid problems such as ineffective counseling, favoritism, exploitation, mental harm, and the like. One of the most controversial subjects a counselor ever has to deal with is the dual relationship. Some examples are therapists that become friends with their clients and see them in social situations, therapists who accept family members or partners of the clients they are already seeing, therapists who seek business relationships with clients, therapists who engage in sexual behavior with their clients, and other such non-professional relationships (Johnson & Ridley, 2008). In a profession such as counseling there must be lines drawn between personal and professional life, just as there must be lines drawn between oneself and the client. Maintaining such a boundary without overstepping the line, or over-compensating for the need to separate one's personal and professional life, is to set up realistic guidelines for personal and professional relationships.
The most important thing to remember when entering into any helping field, is that professional boundaries are necessary. Ethical standards set by governing agencies aren't always enough to regulate one's actions and guide one into a safe, beneficial, and effective decision. In counseling, the client is of the utmost importance, and it is important to remember that the counselor must keep their well-being in mind at all times. Objective must never be lost and there must never be a conflict of interest between client and psychologist.

References
Johnson, W., & Ridley, C. (2008). The elements of ethics for professionals. New York, NY: Palgrave MacMillan