The following is a safeguard against malpractice accusations:
a. giving free sessions until the client is able to pay.
b. never engaging in bartering under any circumstances.
c. avoiding a client’s perception of abandonment by not taking time off.
d. practicing in specific areas where you are competent.
Jim meets with a new client who immediately exposes his racist attitudes. Jim would
not be advised to
A.explore the origins of the client’s racist attitudes with the client.
B.confront the client immediately regarding his racist attitudes.
C.allow his own feelings to be in the foreground.
D.Both b and c.
A primary aim of supervision is to create a context in which the supervisee can acquire
the experience needed to become a(n)
a. effective Gestalt therapist.
b. independent professional.
c. dependent professional.
d. psychoanalyst
To become competent client advocates:
a. counselors need to develop a greater awareness of their own beliefs, attitudes, and
biases as they relate to the impact that social and political factors have on marginalized
and underserved populations.
b. practitioners must serve their clientele at six levels of advocacy intervention.
c. counselors must speak out to empower themselves.
d. all of the above.
Leanne began to feel overwhelmed with her job at the counseling center. In addition to
her regular duties, she was responsible for supervising all trainees. To manage her time,
she spent a disproportionate amount of time with certain trainees and neglected others,
assuming that they had the skills to fend for themselves. If a client of one of her
neglected trainees decided to file a lawsuit, it is likely that Leanne would bear:
A.vicarious liability.
B.direct liability.
C.no liability (because her employer would be held responsible).
D.a and b
If your work setting limits the number of counseling sessions for clients,
a. inform clients that they will need to resolve all of their problems within the
designated number of sessions.
b. develop a list of appropriate, qualified referral resources in your area.
c. ignore those limits if a client needs to continue receiving services.
d. find a new job that isn”t so restrictive.
__________________ is the process of evaluating the relevant factors in a client’s life
to identify themes for further exploration in the counseling process.
a. Writing a contract
b. An assessment
c. Psychological orientation
d. Psychodiagnosis
Of the following steps in making an ethical decision, which one step would most likely
be the initial step taken by a practitioner in resolving an ethical dilemma?
a. Enumerate the consequences of various decisions.
b. Consider possible and probable courses of action.
c. Obtain consultation.
d. Identify the problem, or dilemma.
e. Review the relevant ethical guidelines.
The managed care model stresses:
a. remediation of deeply-rooted personal problems.
b. long-term interventions.
c. curative strategies rather than preventive strategies.
d. cost-effective methods.
Supervisors should provide supervision only
a. after they obtain the needed education and training to ensure competence in this role.
b. if they can devote the required time to provide adequate oversight.
c. if they are competent both in the practice of supervision and in the area of counseling
being supervised.
d. all of the above.
Olivia, a new supervisor, is creating a template for a supervisory contract that she can
use with supervisees. In the contract, she should include information related to
A.her background.
B.methods to be used in supervision.
C.evaluation of job performance.
D.complaint procedures and due process.
E.All of the choices.
What is an accepted ethical guideline in terms of having social and personal
relationships with clients?
a. Therapists are advised to avoid dual relationships with their clients.
b. Friendships with clients always have positive results in counseling.
c. Counseling a friend is beneficial to both people involved.
d. Any form of social relationships with clients always damages the therapeutic
relationship.
e. These dual relationships are not only highly unprofessional and unethical, but also
illegal in most states.
The responsibility to protect the public from dangerous acts of violent clients entails
liability for civil damages when practitioners neglect this duty by:
a. failing to diagnose or predict dangerous behavior.
b. failing to warn potential victims of violent behavior.
c. failing to commit dangerous individuals.
d. prematurely discharging dangerous clients from the hospital.
e. all of the above
Which of the following is NOT a necessary legal element for adequate informed
consent?
a. motivation to change
b. capacity
c. comprehension of information
d. voluntariness
Mandating clients to attend groups:
a. is clearly unethical.
b. is always an invasion of the rights of clients.
c. is illegal in most states.
d. can be ethical if informed consent procedures are followed.
Supervisees in training programs do nothave the right to:
a. be fully informed of their supervisor’s approaches to supervision.
b. continual access to any records maintained during the supervisory relationship.
c. expect that the supervisor will be their personal therapist if needed.
d. confidentiality with regard to disclosure, unless mandated by law.
When a counselor works in a managed care system, client’s goals need to be:
A.long-term and all encompassing.
B.aimed at character reconstruction.
C.geared towards the client gaining insight into his or her problems and movement
towards self-actualization.
D.highly specific, limited to reduction of problematic symptoms, and often aimed at
teaching coping skills.
Chong is a legal immigrant who is having post-traumatic stress symptoms as a result of
his experiences in Laos. He may be reluctant to use the available counseling recourses
because he:
A.harbors the attitude that he should be able to take charge of his own life.
B.may perceive the resources as culturally insensitive.
C.believes that it is only for people who have extreme symptoms.
D.All of the choices
Samuel has been planning a two week vacation to Europe for months. He is a private
practitioner and has a caseload of clients who have dependency issues. As an ethical
practitioner, Samuel should
A.not inform his clients until a few days before he leaves.
B.not go on vacation so as to not increase his clients’ anxiety levels.
C.provide his clients with another therapist in case of need.
D.bring back a souvenir for each client to show them how important they are to him.
Which of the following is NOT one of the trends toward multicultural awareness?
a. There is an increasing recognition of the universality and applicability of Western
values for all cultures.
b. There is a trend toward acquiring knowledge of culturally different clients and
gaining experience in working with minority clients.
c. There is a concern for adapting techniques and interventions in ways that are relevant
for the culturally different client.
d. There is recognition that counselor self-awareness is as important as cultural
awareness in multicultural counseling situations.
Shania is seeking counseling to resolve her feelings about the ending of an extramarital
affair. Her boyfriend who is married broke up with her and she is very angry about this.
She informs her therapist that she plans to contact the wife in order to “ruin” their
marriage. The therapist should
A.allow Shania to carry out her plans and deal with the consequences of her actions.
B.impose her values on Shania in this particular instance since the consequences might
be devastating if she carries out her plan.
C.discuss alternative options with Shania, so that she is aware of some other ways of
dealing with her anger.
D.contact the boyfriend out of her duty to warn.
The barrier(s) to dismissing a student who demonstrates dysfunctional interpersonal
behavior from a training program include(s):
a. difficulty in providing clear evidence to support the decision.
b. lack of adequate procedures in place to support a dismissal.
c. concern about resistance and defensiveness in the trainee.
d. fear of legal reprisal by the student.
e. all of the above
Through consideration of ethical codes and legal requirements within a process called
_______________________________, family members are made aware of counselor
values and concerns; are informed about professional, ethical, and legal standards
affecting their situation; and are asked to share in the process of finding a resolution to
any ethical dilemmas that may emerge.
A.participatory ethics
B.aspirational ethics
C.family ethics
D.relational ethics
In their role of ____________________, workers must sometimes educate
organizations to change their culture to meet the needs of the community.
a. change agent
b. professor
c. education specialist
d. psychotherapist
Impaired counselors:
a. have the ability to resolve stressful events.
b. are able to function professionally.
c. experience deterioration of therapeutic skills.
d. are able to alleviate the suffering of their clients.
Which of the following knowledge-based statements is NOT characteristic of culturally
skilled counselors?
a. They are aware of institutional barriers that prevent minorities from using
psychological services.
b. They know all the diagnostic categories of DSM-IV as they apply to various minority
groups.
c. They understand the impact of oppression and racist concepts on the mental-health
professions.
d. They possess specific knowledge about the traditions and values of the group they
are working with.
Robert runs into the office, unprepared and frustrated because he is late for his weekly
appointment with his first client of the day. He is consistently late for his appointments
and his behavior is:
a. immoral.
b. illegal.
c. unethical.
d. unprofessional.
When certain actions lead to a progressive deterioration of ethical behavior, one might
be experiencing
a. the eroded boundary syndrome.
b. the slippery slope phenomenon.
c. a morality lapse.
d. an ethical nosedive.
The term ____________________ is associated with a racial or ethnic group as well as
with gender, religion, economic status, nationality, physical capacity or handicap, or
sexual orientation.
a. culture
b. ethnicity
c. minority group
d. multicultural
e. ethnic-sensitive practice
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
To qualify as a substance abuse counselor, the CACREP (2009) standards identify
specific knowledge, skills, and practices in all of the following areas except
A.foundations.
B.counseling, prevention, and intervention.
C.diversity and advocacy.
D.research and evaluation.
E.None of the choices.
Counselors who work with couples and families can practice more ethically if they are
aware of
A.the cultural history.
B.the effects of heterosexism.
C.the impact of gender stereotyping.
D.All of the choices.
Practitioners need to function with ________________________; they must have a
clear understanding of the techniques they employ and have a sense of the expected
outcomes of their interventions.
A.spontaneity
B.creativity
C.intentionality
D.ambiguity
Informing students prior to entering a training program that self-exploration will be part
of their training
a. more than satisfies the requirement for informed consent.
b. only minimally satisfies the requirement for informed consent.
c. has little to do with informed consent.
d. is a scare tactic that many programs use to screen out prospective students who are
not serious candidates.