question

Boundary crossings

answer

Departures from commonly accepted practices that could potentially benefit clients

question

What would maximize the risks inherent in dual or multiple relationships?

answer

Becoming romantically involved with the client

question

What does Lazarus take into position in regards to boundaries in the counseling relationship?

answer

That certain ethics and boundaries actually diminish therapeutic effectiveness

question

Boundary violation

answer

Serious breach that results in harm to clients and is therefore unethical

question

What are situations that have potential to harm or exploit a client?

answer

Entering a business venture with a client, developing a sexual relationship with a client, and establishing a social relationship with client

question

What does NOT have the potential to harm or exploit a client?

answer

Setting healthy boundaries during the initial visit

question

If the counselor is psychoanalytically oriented, what is he or she most likely to do?

answer

Adopt stricter social boundaries and will be concerned about polluting the transference relationship

question

Boundary management

answer

Is more challenging in rural areas than in urban areas

question

What is a common reaction of therapists who realize they have sexual feelings towards their clients?

answer

To feel guilty, anxious, and confused

question

How do therapists deal with powerful attractions to clients?

answer

By monitoring boundaries by setting clear limits on physical contact, self-disclosure, and client requests for personal information

question

According to professional codes of ethics...

answer

Sexual relationships between client and counselor are not considered to be ethical under any circumstances

question

What is possible if a client is unable to afford therapy?

answer

He or she may offer a bartering arrangement or exchanging goods in lieu of a fee

question

In the authors' view, nonerotic touching b/w counselor and client should be?

answer

A spontaneous and honest expression of the therapist's feelings

question

Slippery slope phenomenon

answer

The notion that certain actions will inevitably lead to a progressive deterioration of ethical behavior

question

What roles do mentors take on?

answer

Teacher, counselor, role model, guide, and friend

question

What role does a mentor NOT take on?

answer

Partner

question

The ethics codes of most professional org.s provide guidelines for the ethical practice of bartering.

answer

Some recent codes (APA, NASW, AAMFT, and ACA) take a more flexible and less punitive attitude toward bartering.

question

What can neglecting to attend family-of-origin issues lead to?

answer

Blind spots such as being attracted to clients

question

Statements that are true about giving or receiving gifts:

answer

Lavish gifts certainly present an ethical problem; yet, we can go too far in the direction of trying to be ethical and actually damage the therapeutic relationship/ It is important to recognize when accepting a gift from a client is clinically contraindicated and that you will be willing to explore this with your client/ In working with culturally diverse client populations, clinicians often discover that they need to engage in boundary crossing to enhance the counseling relationship

question

What is NOT true in accepting gifts?

answer

That accepting a gift at a later stage of a counseling relationship could be more problematic

question

Bartering

answer

Can be a dignified and honorable form of payment for those who are cash poor but talented in other ways; can be part of a clearly articulated treatment plan; must be considered in light of client's needs, desires, situation, and cultural background; is a healthy norm in many cultures; is not illegal or unethical

question

Statements that are true with respect to counselor competence:

answer

Practitioners are required to practice within the boundaries of their competence; practitioner can develop competency by working w/ professionals with more experience; conferences, workshops, and continuing education are means toward developing competency

question

What is NOT true of counselor competency?

answer

That only when the therapist completes a doctoral program are they competent to practice with all specialties

question

According to the authors, a good training program encourages students to do what?

answer

Build on their life experiences and personal strengths and provides opportunities for expanding self-awareness

question

As a part of the process of screening candidates for a therapist training program, counselor educators should complete all of the following:

answer

1) Provide candidates with info about what will be expected of them 2) Encourage candidates to screen the program to ensure a good fit 3) Inform candidates they are expected to engage in self-disclosure and to participate in various self-growth activities EXCEPT, place most of the emphasis on candidates' GRE scores

question

From an ethical perspective, counselor educators and trainers are expected to present?

answer

Varied theoretical positions

question

Training programs would do well to?

answer

Offer students a variety of therapeutic techniques and strategies that can be applied to a wide range of problems with diverse clients

question

Therapist competence

answer

The skills and training required to effectively and appropriately treat clients in a specific area of practice, and is both ethical and legal concept

question

Summative assessment

answer

An end point evaluation typically completed at the end of a professional program or when applying for licensure status

question

What do most professional organizations support efforts to make?

answer

Continuing education a mandatory condition of re-licensing

question

Peer review

answer

An organized system by which partitioners within a profession access one another's services

question

When is referring clients to other professionals appropriate?

answer

When counselors do not have the clinical training or expertise to work with certain clients

question

According to the American School Counseling Association, in order to apply our knowledge and skills competently professional school counselors monitor what?

answer

Emotional and physical health and practice wellness to ensure optimal effectiveness

question

Even though mental health professionals may not intend to harm clients...

answer

Incompetence is often a major contributing factor in causing harm

question

According to American Counseling Association, counselors practice only within the boundaries of their competence, based on their?

answer

Education and training, supervised experience, state and nat'l professional credentials, and appropriate professional experience

question

To qualify as a substance abuse counselor, the CACREP (2009) standards identify specific knowledge, skills and practices in all the following areas:

answer

1) Counseling, prevention, and intervention 2) Diversity and advocacy 3) Research and evaluation EXCEPT, personal substance abuse experience

question

When a practitioner has a license...

answer

He or she is not competent to work with all populations

question

Formative assessment

answer

A developmentally informed process that provides useful feedback during one's training and throughout one's professional career

question

Those who are responsible for educating and truing mental health professionals are ethically and professionally obligated to?

answer

Balance their roles as advocate and mentor of trainees with their gatekeeping role

question

When therapists extend the boundaries of their practice, or when they branch out into an area requiring specialty competence, they should seek?

answer

Consultation with a competent practitioner

question

Certification

answer

Is a voluntary attempt by a group to promote a professional identity

question

Training programs have a responsibility to:

answer

1) Honor their commitment to the students they admit 2) Protect future consumers who will be served by those who graduate 3) Screen candidates so the public will be protected from incompetent practitioners Training programs do NOT have the responsibility to continue evaluating students up to five years after graduation

question

When a therapist believes referring a client to be the appropriate course of action due to a lack of competence in the client's issue it would be considered unethical to?

answer

Not refer to a more competent therapist

question

Licensure statuses determine and govern:

answer

Professional practice

question

Training

answer

A basic component of practitioner competence

question

Students should be advised as early as possible if their behavior is problematic, and they should be given?

answer

Direction and opportunities to improve problem areas

question

Continuing professional education is important because?

answer

A practitioner's level of competence may diminish over time; changes in laws pertaining to mental health, evolving ethical standards, and new trends in professional and evidence-based practices cont. to be made

HS 50 Ch. 7&8 – Flashcards

Unlock all answers in this set

Haven't found what you were looking for?

Search for samples, answers to your questions and flashcards