Yes. She called me her 'friend' first. She had just completed a training course in coaching that was funded by the workplace and I was her 'Guinea pig', so to speak. I know a little about therapeutic relationships, having had counseling before (and having given 1-1 language classes in a business context: the demands of professionalism are similar). I didn't want to say anything because I thought that it was maybe just her 'way', and that she would find a way to make it work, but part of me feared that being her friend, colleague and coach-ee could potentially end in trouble. Especially since she kept consciously changing 'hats' mid-session. I strongly insisted that she be just my work coach and not my life coach, and urged her not to change roles, in order to limit how out of hand things can potentially get. But they have gone that way anyway.
Have you had a satisfying friendship with someone with a saviour complex?
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So she is a mentor that was assigned to you at work?
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Yes. She called me her 'friend' first. She had just completed a training course in coaching that was funded by the workplace and I was her 'Guinea pig', so to speak. I know a little about therapeutic relationships, having had counseling before (and having given 1-1 language classes in a business context: the demands of professionalism are similar). I didn't want to say anything because I thought that it was maybe just her 'way', and that she would find a way to make it work, but part of me feared that being her friend, colleague and coach-ee could potentially end in trouble. Especially since she kept consciously changing 'hats' mid-session. I strongly insisted that she be just my work coach and not my life coach, and urged her not to change roles, in order to limit how out of hand things can potentially get. But they have gone that way anyway.