COUN 502 Test 1 || Answered Perfectly 100%.
Which professional organization represents the interests of professional counselors in general?
correct answers ACA (American Counseling Association)
Which focuses specifically on Mental Health Counselors? correct answers AMHCA (American
Mental Health Counselor Association)
Which is involved in accreditation of graduate counseling programs? correct answers CACREP
What type programs are accredited? correct answers Career Counseling
School Counseling
Clinical Mental Health Counseling
NOT counseling psychology
Name some of the common core areas identified by CACREP. correct answers 1. Professional
Counseling Orientation & Ethical Practice
2. Social and Cultural Diversity
3. Human Growth and Development
4. Career Development
5. Counseling and Helping Relationships
6. Group Counseling
7. Assessment and Training
8. Research & Program Eval
Know the following professional groups was not directly involved in the formation of what is
now known as the ACA? National Vocational Guidance Association, American College
Personnel Association, National Association for Guidance Supervisors correct answers These
Were:
,National Vocational Guidance Association,
American College Personnel Association,
National Association for Guidance Supervisors
APA Was Not: American Psychological Association
Psychiatry correct answers Can prescribe psychoactive medications in all 50 states
- Went to 4 years of medical school
-Did a residency in psych
-Clients are called patients
-Biopsychological focus
clinical psychology correct answers i. Earn a PhD or EdD of PsyD, all states license
psychologists, but requirements differ.
ii. Focused on the study, assessment, treatment and prevention of abnormal behavior.
mental health counselor correct answers Recognized by ACA, CACREP, minimum of a masters
degree in counseling or related discipline.
counseling psychologist correct answers Focus on the presenting problems of relatively normal
populations, however this distinction has become less pronounced in recent years.
-Psychologists have the state right to diagnose and treat mental illness, they are highly trained in
the administration and scoring of psych tests.
Social workers correct answers -Earn a MSW
-Some administer govt. programs to underprivileged, others do counseling.-Different from
counseling and psych and psychiatry in that it mandates tonegotiate social systems and advocate
for change, to understand clients' habitats and niches and provide social services
marriage and family therapist correct answers LMFT
, -Private practice and agency settings
-Possess skills in family systems assessment and treatment
What does the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) do? Who can be certified?
correct answers Provides primary national certification process for professional counselors
who can be certified? correct answers anyone who has completed and graduated from an
accredited 60 hour program
How many states have Mental Health counseling as a licensed profession? correct answers 50
Portability correct answers The ability to move your license from state to state,
to take it with you across state lines. (think - to transport)
Reciprocity correct answers in which certain states have negotiated agreements with other states
so that the license in one state would be automatically accepted in the others, as long as the
appropriate fees are paid
List some specializations within the counseling profession correct answers Addiction Counseling
Career Counseling
Gerontological Counseling
School Counseling
Marriage and Family Counseling
What is a wellness perspective? correct answers A wellness perspective approach encourages
clients to implement strengths-based, solution focused patterns of living.
What did Hippocrates think caused mental disorders? correct answers Abnormal behavior has
natural causes and should be treated like physically based issues. He related behavioral
Which professional organization represents the interests of professional counselors in general?
correct answers ACA (American Counseling Association)
Which focuses specifically on Mental Health Counselors? correct answers AMHCA (American
Mental Health Counselor Association)
Which is involved in accreditation of graduate counseling programs? correct answers CACREP
What type programs are accredited? correct answers Career Counseling
School Counseling
Clinical Mental Health Counseling
NOT counseling psychology
Name some of the common core areas identified by CACREP. correct answers 1. Professional
Counseling Orientation & Ethical Practice
2. Social and Cultural Diversity
3. Human Growth and Development
4. Career Development
5. Counseling and Helping Relationships
6. Group Counseling
7. Assessment and Training
8. Research & Program Eval
Know the following professional groups was not directly involved in the formation of what is
now known as the ACA? National Vocational Guidance Association, American College
Personnel Association, National Association for Guidance Supervisors correct answers These
Were:
,National Vocational Guidance Association,
American College Personnel Association,
National Association for Guidance Supervisors
APA Was Not: American Psychological Association
Psychiatry correct answers Can prescribe psychoactive medications in all 50 states
- Went to 4 years of medical school
-Did a residency in psych
-Clients are called patients
-Biopsychological focus
clinical psychology correct answers i. Earn a PhD or EdD of PsyD, all states license
psychologists, but requirements differ.
ii. Focused on the study, assessment, treatment and prevention of abnormal behavior.
mental health counselor correct answers Recognized by ACA, CACREP, minimum of a masters
degree in counseling or related discipline.
counseling psychologist correct answers Focus on the presenting problems of relatively normal
populations, however this distinction has become less pronounced in recent years.
-Psychologists have the state right to diagnose and treat mental illness, they are highly trained in
the administration and scoring of psych tests.
Social workers correct answers -Earn a MSW
-Some administer govt. programs to underprivileged, others do counseling.-Different from
counseling and psych and psychiatry in that it mandates tonegotiate social systems and advocate
for change, to understand clients' habitats and niches and provide social services
marriage and family therapist correct answers LMFT
, -Private practice and agency settings
-Possess skills in family systems assessment and treatment
What does the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) do? Who can be certified?
correct answers Provides primary national certification process for professional counselors
who can be certified? correct answers anyone who has completed and graduated from an
accredited 60 hour program
How many states have Mental Health counseling as a licensed profession? correct answers 50
Portability correct answers The ability to move your license from state to state,
to take it with you across state lines. (think - to transport)
Reciprocity correct answers in which certain states have negotiated agreements with other states
so that the license in one state would be automatically accepted in the others, as long as the
appropriate fees are paid
List some specializations within the counseling profession correct answers Addiction Counseling
Career Counseling
Gerontological Counseling
School Counseling
Marriage and Family Counseling
What is a wellness perspective? correct answers A wellness perspective approach encourages
clients to implement strengths-based, solution focused patterns of living.
What did Hippocrates think caused mental disorders? correct answers Abnormal behavior has
natural causes and should be treated like physically based issues. He related behavioral
