Which of the following is NOT one of Pedersen’s (2006) five antiracism strategies?
a. Be aware of the history of racism as a social phenomenon.
b. Recognize that all racist behaviors are intentional.
c. Challenge the racist assumptions that encapsulate us.
d. Note the importance of power differences in promoting racism.
e. Identify racist behaviors in the cultural context where they were learned and are
displayed.
Which belief/attitude is NOT characteristic of culturally skilled counselors?
a. They can appreciate diverse cultures, and they feel comfortable with cultural
differences.
b. They are aware of their own values, attitudes, and biases and how they are likely to
affect minority clients.
c. They are committed to the goal of persuading their clients to accept the values of the
dominant society.
d. They are willing to refer a client because of their limitations in cross-cultural
counseling.
Exceptions to confidentiality:
a. are essentially the same in every clinical setting.
b. are the same for all social workers, but vary for counselors.
c. vary by jurisdiction.
d. do not apply for rehabilitation counselors.
Expulsion or suspension of members from professional associations:
a. is a major sanction.
b. cannot be appealed.
c. is often reported in the journals of the professional associations.
d. all of the above
e. a and c
Which case represented a victory for mental health organizations, since it extended the
confidentiality privilege for licensed psychotherapists?
a. the Tarasoff case
b. the Bradley case
c. the Jablonski case
d. the Hedlund case
e. the Jaffee case
Groups remain a powerful intervention tool
a. primarily for school-aged children and adolescents.
b. primarily for adults dealing with a host of issues and stressors.
c. primarily for older adults dealing with geriatric concerns.
d. across the life span, positively impacting childhood, adult, and geriatric disorders
Potential drawbacks to the co-leadership model include
a. ineffective communication.
b. competition between leaders.
c. overdependence on the co-leader.
d. all of the above.
A(n) _____________ is based on a negotiation between the client and the therapist to
define the therapeutic relationship.
a. agreement
b. contract
c. covenant
d. legally enforceable arrangement
The APA has developed a set of specialty guidelines for psychotherapy with lesbian,
gay, and bisexual clients that prohibit unfair discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Which of the areas stated below are not mentioned in the guidelines?
A.Attitudes toward LGB people and sexual orientation issues
B.Relationships and family concerns
C.The complex diversity within the LGB community
D.The training and education needed to work effectively with this client population
E.None of the choices
According to the Tarasoff decision, the therapist does not:
A.need to accurately diagnose the client’s tendency to behave in dangerous ways
towards others before notifying authorities.
B.have a duty to warn the next of kin of suicidal patients.
C.have the right to break confidentiality even if the client is a threat to self or others.
D.need to be concerned about liability after notifying authorities of their client’s threat
to harm self or others.
A higher level of ethical functioning is sometimes known as
a. personal ethics.
b. ideal ethics.
c. aspirational ethics.
d. mandatory ethics.
e. basic ethics.
When practitioners weigh multiple and often competing demands and goals, they must
use
a. their attorneys to help them work through ethical issues.
b. their former advisors as sounding boards.
c. their professional judgment.
d. common sense.
Which of the following is not a sign of therapist decay?
A.An absence of boundaries with clients
B.Accepting clients within one’s scope of competence
C.Living in isolated ways
D.Being unwilling to seek professional help when experiencing personal distress
E.None of the choices
The following principle implies avoidance of doing harm, which includes refraining
from actions that risk hurting clients:
a. autonomy.
b. beneficence.
c. non-maleficence.
d. justice, or fairness.
e. veracity.
The responsibility for addressing the assessment, remediation, and prevention of
counselor impairment lies with:
A.the impaired counselor.
B.the ethics committee and licensing board.
C.colleagues of the impaired professional.
D.All of the choices
E.a and b
Community agencies tend to be:
a. public.
b. private.
c. nonprofit.
d. for profit.
e. all of the above
Wendy, a clinical community counselor, was presented with a small painting from one
of her clients who is an artist. She has a policy to not accept gifts from clients under any
circumstances; thus, she declined the gift. This illustrates:
a. her rigid adherence to boundaries.
b. a positive boundary crossing.
c. exemplary ethical behavior.
d. the presence of severe psychopathology.
Marty is counseling with an Asian client who recently returned from a trip to Japan to
visit relatives. His client wants to give him an inexpensive souvenir. It is important for
Marty to:
A.refuse the gift on ethical grounds.
B.explain that the gift would change their relationship and create a conflict of interest.
C.be aware that accepting the gift may be culturally appropriate with this client.
D.explain that he cannot accept the gift until the counseling relationship is over.
John is seeking counseling through his managed care provider and he needs to be
informed that:
A.the managed care company may request the entire clinical record of a client.
B.he has the right to expect unlimited sessions.
C.his insurance provider will not have access to his records.
D.no referrals will be made upon termination of therapy.
The major type(s) of elder abuse is/are:
A.financial or material exploitation.
B.sexual abuse.
C.physical abuse.
D.All of the choices
The major duties of regulating boards include which of the following?
a. Determining standards for admission into the profession
b. Screening applicants applying for certification or licensure
c. Regulating the practice of psychotherapy for the public good
d. Conducting disciplinary proceedings involving violations of standards of
professional conduct as defined by law
e. All of the above
Thomas has full-blown AIDS and has decided to end his life rather than continue to
suffer. The counselor he is working with does not condone rational suicide. In this case,
the counselor needs to:
A.refer Thomas to a competent professional who is qualified to assist him.
B.learn as much as possible about the course of Thomas’s illness.
C.explore the impact of Thomas’s religious beliefs on making his decision to end his
life.
D.help Thomas seek medical treatment that will help him cope with his pain.
When therapists use techniques that are not traditionally recognized, they:
a. are expected to inform their clients of the potential risks and alternatives to such
treatments.
b. will most likely lose their licenses to practice and may even face jail time.
c. are not obligated to inform their clients of the potential risks and alternatives to such
treatments.
d. are considered “mavericks” within the mental health community.
The primary purpose for keeping records is to
a. provide high-quality service for clients.
b. maintain continuity of service if other professionals are involved.
c. protect practitioners from malpractice suits.
d. both a and b.
Below is an example of a technique being used in an unethical way:
a. modifying techniques so they are suitable for the client’s cultural and ethnic
background.
b. practicing unfamiliar techniques in group.
c. having a therapeutic purpose and being grounded in some theoretical framework.
d. allowing members to choose whether or not to participate in a given experiment.
When counselors become overly concerned with meeting their own needs or pushing
their own personal agendas, their behavior becomes:
A.annoying to the client.
B.unethical.
C.illegal.
D.helpful to the client.
A cross-cultural counselor who perceives reality exclusively through the filters of his or
her own life experiences is said to be culturally:
A.immersed.
B.ignorant.
C.encapsulated.
D.biased.
Which of the following concerns do all groups share in common?
a. training of group leaders
b. co-leadership issues
c. uses and abuses of group techniques
d. all of the above
In most training programs, students are expected to
A.engage in appropriate self-disclosure and participate in various self-growth activities.
B.disclose their deepest and darkest secrets.
C.undergo psychoanalysis.
D.All of the choices.
Most of the codes of ethics state that informed consent is required:
a. only for voluntary clients.
b. only for involuntary clients.
c. only for adults.
d. as a prerequisite for most forms of assessment and treatment.
The authors have found that when they attend continuing education workshops on
ethics in clinical practice, the emphasis is often on
A.legal matters and risk management.
B.ethical aspects of practice.
C.addictions counseling.
D.both b and c.
The multicultural and social justice perspective on assessment and treatment focuses
on:
a. using the DSM-IV-TR to accurately identify a client’s deficits.
b. client strengths within a cultural and historical framework.
c. maintaining the power differential that is inherent in the therapist/client relationship.
d. utilizing intelligence tests in addition to a battery of vocational and interest
inventories.
In order to apply our knowledge and skills competently,
A.we must be perfectly healthy.
B.we must attend to our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being.
C.self-care routines must be rigidly adhered to on a daily basis.
D.All of the choices.
______________________ focuses on problems to be solved and holes to fill. It is
concerned more with maintaining rather than changing conditions and is oriented
toward fixing problems rather than preventing them.
a. A remedial approach
b. A developmental approach
c. A service approach
d. A proactive approach