Practicing counseling without an explicit theoretical rationale is somewhat like:
a. driving a car with a GPS device.
b. trying to sail a boat without a rudder.
c. flying a plane without a co-pilot.
d. taking a train ride.
In the authors’ view, nonerotic touching between counselor and client should be:
a. a spontaneous and honest expression of the therapist’s feelings.
b. incongruent with what they feel.
c. a therapeutic technique used to extinguish catharsis.
d. considered unethical.
________________can result from unjustified departure from usual practice or from
failing to exercise proper care in
fulfilling one’s responsibilities.
a. Malpractice
b. Professional negligence
c. Standard of care
d. Termination
It is the authors’ position that counselors would NOT work well with diverse
populations if they:
a. are open to being challenged and tested.
b. are flexible in applying theories to specific situations.
c. believe that they are free from any racist attitudes, beliefs, and or feelings.
d. are comfortable with differences that exist between themselves and their clients.
A formal complaint was filed against Harry for sexually harassing a female client. A
repeat offender, he was previously warned that a major sanction would be imposed if he
continued his unethical actions. The ethics committee of the professional association to
which he belongs most likely recommended that Harry:
a. be suspended with pay for one week.
b. resign from his job.
c. work without supervision on his word that he will not harass any client again.
d. be expelled from the organization.
Group leaders need to attend to all of the following EXCEPT:
a. their own individual development.
b. their development as a co-leading team.
c. the development of the group they are facilitating.
d. There is no specific issue to which group leaders should attend.
The importance of multicultural competence for group psychotherapists has emerged as
a:
a. option, but not a necessity.
b. ethical imperative.
c. lower priority than it used to be.
d. reason to extend training programs by an extra year.
All of the following pose a number of potential ethical problems with regard to
protecting client privacy EXCEPT:
a. face-to-face interaction.
b. telephone and cellular phone.
c. answering machine and voicemail.
d. fax and e-mail.
____________________is/are not reserved exclusively for the irresponsible
practitioner. Clients may make allegations of unethical conduct or file a legal claim due
to negligence, even though the counselor may have acted ethically and appropriately.
a. Malpractice claims
b. Legal matters and risk management
c. Addictions counseling
d. Ethical aspects of practice
Clinicians who oppose any form of physical contact with their clients (e.g., non-erotic
touching) believe all of the following EXCEPT:
a. it can promote dependency.
b. it can interfere with the transference relationship.
c. it can be misread by clients.
d. it can become a healthy romantic relationship.
The__________________’s ethics code indicates that part of competence implies
understanding diversity.
a. NASW
b. Canadian Counseling Association
c. APA
d. Code of Professional Ethics for Rehabilitation Counselors
The definition of a minor varies from state to state; however:
a. all states agree a minor is under 18.
b. all states agree on the age a minor can consent to their own health care in all
circumstances.
c. all states agree minors are incapable of consenting to any and all health care due to
lack of maturity.
d. the upper range is 18 to 21 years of age, although some states authorize 16-year-olds
to consent to their own health care in some circumstances.
Most family therapy training programs encourage___________ work and other
processes designed to engage students with their own family-of-origin issues.
a. anagram
b. genogram
c. famogram
d. pathogram
___________ is at the core of effective therapy; it is the counselor’s ethical duty to
protect private client communication.
a. Privileged communication
b. Privacy
c. Ethics
d. Confidentiality
Dan and Rachel have been assigned to work together as co-leaders of an anxiety
disorders group. In order to be effective models for their group members, they should:
a. seek supervision only if issues arise between them.
b. explore their personal beliefs and perspectives about co-facilitation.
c. inspire each other by competing with each other to develop the most creative
techniques.
d. depend heavily on each other.
Even though mental health professionals may not intend to harm clients,
________________ is often a major contributing factor in causing harm.
a. incompetence
b. unconscious impulses of an aggressive nature
c. participation in a training program that is not CACREP accredited
d. a decreased emphasis on ethics in training programs
Which of the following therapist behaviors might be indicative of a countertransference
reaction?
a. Refraining from giving advice
b. Allowing the client the space to experience and release anger
c. Empowering a client to make decisions
d. Overprotecting or rejecting a client
To ensure an optimal learning experience, a supervisee is responsible for all of the
following EXCEPT:
a. coming prepared to each supervision session.
b. being an active participant in supervision.
c. taking the initiative to ask for what is needed from your supervisor during
supervision.
d. establishing flexible boundaries with your clients.
Value discrimination could be defined as:
a. when a counselor is too eager to suggest a referral when the client shares differing
values on race, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity,
disability, marital status/partnership, language preference, or socioeconomic status.
b. considering a referral only when you clearly lack the necessary skills to deal with the
issues presented by the client.
c. a counselor directly attempting to influence a client to adopt their values, attitudes,
beliefs, and behavior.
d. the ability of counselors to manage their personal values so they do not contaminate
the counseling process.
Empathy fatigue is common in professionals who:
a. practice self-care techniques.
b. work in administrative positions and do not treat individuals.
c. treat clients without empathy and rarely care about client outcomes.
d. treat survivors of stressful and traumatic events; treat people with mood, anxiety, and
stress-related disorders; and work in vocational settings with people with mental and
physical disabilities.
Key values such as collectivism, interdependence, family embeddedness and
connectedness, hierarchies of relationship, and multigenerational perspectives are more
familiar concepts in _________cultures.
a. non-Western
b. Western
c. Northern
d. non-Northern
____________ are basic for group workers who hope to practice ethically and
responsibly.
a. Techniques and theory
b. Status and privilege
c. Social justice and advocacy competencies
d. Influence and outcome
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.
Reporting requirements in codes:
a. are specific and follow state laws and regulations.
b. may not align with state laws or regulations.
c. may not align with state laws, but align with state regulations.
d. may align with state laws, but not align with state regulations.
_______________is the practice of focusing on the identification, evaluation, and
treatment of problems that may injure clients and lead
to filing an ethics complaint or a malpractice action.
a. Risk management
b. Informed consent
c. Termination
d. Standard of care
Therapists have the responsibility to prevent suicide if they can reasonably anticipate it.
Once it is determined that a client is at risk for serious harm to self, the professional is:
a. released of all legal and ethical requirements to protect the client.
b. legally, but not ethically, required to take appropriate action.
c. legally and ethically required to take appropriate action aimed at protecting the
person.
d. ethically, but not legally, required to take appropriate action.
In regards to unethical behavior of colleagues, the National Association of Social
Workers states:
a. “When rehabilitation counselors have reason to believe that another rehabilitation
counselor is violating or has violated an ethical standard, they attempt first to resolve
the issue informally with the other rehabilitation counselor if feasible, provided such
action does not violate confidentiality rights that may be involved.”
b. “Human service professionals respond appropriately to unethical behavior of
colleagues. Usually this means initially talking directly with the colleague and, if no
resolution is forthcoming, reporting the colleague’s behavior to supervisory or
administrative staff and/or to the professional organization(s) to which the colleague
belongs.”
c. “Informal peer monitoring is one way to assume responsibility for watching out for
each other.”
d. “Social workers should take adequate measures to discourage, prevent, expose, and
correct the unethical conduct of colleagues.”
Ted is a counselor educator and also acts as therapeutic agent for his students’ personal
development, since personal awareness is considered to be an intrinsic part of
developing counselor skills in the program at the university in which he teaches. Ted is:
a. totally unethical in attempting to guide his students towards self-awareness.
b. involved in a situation in which he will become so subjective that he will be unable
to teach his students.
c. involved in role blending, which is inevitable in the process of educating and
supervising counselor trainees.
d. in a situation that automatically leads to a conflict of interest.
________________ is a voluntary attempt by a group to promote a professional
identity.
a. Certification
b. Licensure
c. Registration
d. Accreditation
Concerning counseling via the Internet, which statement is most accurate?
a. The codes of the major professional organizations offer detailed guidance regarding
ethical practices in the use of technology.
b. There are both advantages and disadvantages in using Internet technology to deliver
counseling services.
c. Most experts agree that what is being currently offered via Internet counseling is a
form of traditional psychotherapy.
d. This form of counseling is not suited to a problem-solving approach.
A _____________ assigned to clients can have implications for their employment or
future employability status.
a. diagnosis
b. empirically supported treatment
c. assessment
d. treatment manual
Most professional organizations support efforts to:
a. require pro bono work at the rate of at least 20 percent of the work week for all
professionals.
b. write regulations that encourage competition.
c. make continuing education a mandatory condition of re-licensing.
d. require personality tests from all practitioners to ensure that those who enter the field
are in good mental health.
Clients can file a legal complaint against a therapist for sexual misconduct by all of the
following methods EXCEPT:
a. filing a malpractice suit.
b. filing an ethical complaint with the therapist’s licensing board.
c. lodging a complaint with the AARP.
d. filing a criminal complaint or a civil suit.