PSYC 388 INTRODUCTION TO
COUNSELLING FINAL ATHABASCA
CERTIFICATION REVIEW SET 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
⫸ Clifford Beers Answer: Wrote book on his experience with mental
illness
⫸ Clarence Hincks Answer: Founded the Canadian Mental health
Association (1918)
⫸ Trait-And-Factor Counseling Answer: Problem-solving approach to
vocational counselling where students are taught the skills they need to
get jobs
⫸ 5 Life Tasks of the Wellness Model Answer: Spirituality
Self-Direction
Work and Leisure
Friendship
Love
⫸ Social Justice Answer: justice in terms of the distribution of wealth,
opportunities, and privileges within a society.
,⫸ Rollo May's Wounded Healer Answer: People who have through hurt
gained insight into themselves and the world, and can help others
overcome emotional problems
⫸ Lynn Schecter Answer: Worked through 911 and Hurricane Katrina
with the help of a support system
⫸ Levels of Helping Answer: Nonprofessional (Friends and
Colleagues)
Paraprofessional (Mental Health Technicians)
Professional (Counsellors etc)
⫸ Four Models of Attribution Answer: Medical: Cause X Solution X
Counsellor as Expert
Moral: Cause Y Solution Y
Counsellor as Coach
Compensatory: Cause X Solution Y
Counsellor as Teacher
Enlightenment: Cause Y Solution X
Counsellor as Authority
, ⫸ STIPS (Prieto and Schaal) Answer: Often used in training
Signs and symtopms
Topics discussed in Counselling
Interventions used
Progress and continuing plan
Special issues of importance
⫸ Ethics vs Morality Answer: Ethics: Principles and Standards
Morality: Evaluation or a Judgment
⫸ 5 Types of Ethical Dilemmas Answer: Confidentiality
Role Conflict
Counsellor Competence
Conflicts with Employer/Institution
Degree of Dangerousness
⫸ Fundamental Ethical Principles Answer: Beneficience
COUNSELLING FINAL ATHABASCA
CERTIFICATION REVIEW SET 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
⫸ Clifford Beers Answer: Wrote book on his experience with mental
illness
⫸ Clarence Hincks Answer: Founded the Canadian Mental health
Association (1918)
⫸ Trait-And-Factor Counseling Answer: Problem-solving approach to
vocational counselling where students are taught the skills they need to
get jobs
⫸ 5 Life Tasks of the Wellness Model Answer: Spirituality
Self-Direction
Work and Leisure
Friendship
Love
⫸ Social Justice Answer: justice in terms of the distribution of wealth,
opportunities, and privileges within a society.
,⫸ Rollo May's Wounded Healer Answer: People who have through hurt
gained insight into themselves and the world, and can help others
overcome emotional problems
⫸ Lynn Schecter Answer: Worked through 911 and Hurricane Katrina
with the help of a support system
⫸ Levels of Helping Answer: Nonprofessional (Friends and
Colleagues)
Paraprofessional (Mental Health Technicians)
Professional (Counsellors etc)
⫸ Four Models of Attribution Answer: Medical: Cause X Solution X
Counsellor as Expert
Moral: Cause Y Solution Y
Counsellor as Coach
Compensatory: Cause X Solution Y
Counsellor as Teacher
Enlightenment: Cause Y Solution X
Counsellor as Authority
, ⫸ STIPS (Prieto and Schaal) Answer: Often used in training
Signs and symtopms
Topics discussed in Counselling
Interventions used
Progress and continuing plan
Special issues of importance
⫸ Ethics vs Morality Answer: Ethics: Principles and Standards
Morality: Evaluation or a Judgment
⫸ 5 Types of Ethical Dilemmas Answer: Confidentiality
Role Conflict
Counsellor Competence
Conflicts with Employer/Institution
Degree of Dangerousness
⫸ Fundamental Ethical Principles Answer: Beneficience
