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Orientation and Ethical Practice
One possible negative aspect of counselor licensure is that... - Answer-counselors may not be as creative
during their graduate work and simply take courses aimed at fulfilling the requirements to take the
licensure exam.
Which group was most instrumental in opposing counseling licensure? - Answer-Psychologists
In the late 1970s, AACD (known as ACA since 1992) began to focus very heavily on professional
credentialing. This led to formation of the... - Answer-NBCC
By passing the NCE, a counselor can attain the _______________, given via NBCC. - Answer-NCC, a
generic certification for counselors.
Which choice would most likely violate the counseling ethic or law termed "scope of practice"? -
Answer-A counselor who is conducting a strict Freudian psychoanalysis with the client.
Ethical guidelines were first created for the helping professions in 1953 when the American
Psychological Association (APA) published their first code of ethics. The National Association of Social
Workers (NASW) created their code in 1960, and in 1961, the organization that is now ACA adopted
ethics for counselors. Ethics always describe... - Answer-standards of conduct imposed by the ACA and
NBCC.
Most ethical dilemmas are related to... - Answer-Confidentiality
, The landmark 1969 case, Tarasoff vs. the Board of Regents of the University of California illuminated... -
Answer-the duty to warn a client in imminent danger.
A counselor reveals information that is extremely damaging to a clients reputation. The counselor could
be accused of... - Answer-defamation.
The counselor is working for the good of the client or the group is. defined as... - Answer-beneficence
The counselor treats all members fairly is defined as.... - Answer-justice.
Counselors will do no harm is defined as... - Answer-nonmaleficence.
State laws can govern title usage and practice, however, they do not govern.... - Answer-Accreditation.
An exception to confidentiality, or what is termed as relative confidentiality, could occur when a client is
suicidal. Suicidal warning signs include... - Answer-Repeatedly joking about killing one's self, giving away
prized possessions after one has been depressed for an extended period of time, and a previous suicide
attempt and a very detailed suicide plan for the future.
A statement of disclosure could include... - Answer-The counselor's qualifications, office hours, and
billing policies, emergency procedures and therapy techniques utilized, and a statement that
confidentiality is desirable, but cannot be guaranteed in a group setting.
Privileged communication refers to the fact that anything said to a counselor by a client.... - Answer-will
not be divulged outside the counseling setting without the client's permission.
In regard to state law and privileged communication, counselors must be aware that... - Answer-laws are
unclear and may vary from state to state.
Orientation and Ethical Practice
One possible negative aspect of counselor licensure is that... - Answer-counselors may not be as creative
during their graduate work and simply take courses aimed at fulfilling the requirements to take the
licensure exam.
Which group was most instrumental in opposing counseling licensure? - Answer-Psychologists
In the late 1970s, AACD (known as ACA since 1992) began to focus very heavily on professional
credentialing. This led to formation of the... - Answer-NBCC
By passing the NCE, a counselor can attain the _______________, given via NBCC. - Answer-NCC, a
generic certification for counselors.
Which choice would most likely violate the counseling ethic or law termed "scope of practice"? -
Answer-A counselor who is conducting a strict Freudian psychoanalysis with the client.
Ethical guidelines were first created for the helping professions in 1953 when the American
Psychological Association (APA) published their first code of ethics. The National Association of Social
Workers (NASW) created their code in 1960, and in 1961, the organization that is now ACA adopted
ethics for counselors. Ethics always describe... - Answer-standards of conduct imposed by the ACA and
NBCC.
Most ethical dilemmas are related to... - Answer-Confidentiality
, The landmark 1969 case, Tarasoff vs. the Board of Regents of the University of California illuminated... -
Answer-the duty to warn a client in imminent danger.
A counselor reveals information that is extremely damaging to a clients reputation. The counselor could
be accused of... - Answer-defamation.
The counselor is working for the good of the client or the group is. defined as... - Answer-beneficence
The counselor treats all members fairly is defined as.... - Answer-justice.
Counselors will do no harm is defined as... - Answer-nonmaleficence.
State laws can govern title usage and practice, however, they do not govern.... - Answer-Accreditation.
An exception to confidentiality, or what is termed as relative confidentiality, could occur when a client is
suicidal. Suicidal warning signs include... - Answer-Repeatedly joking about killing one's self, giving away
prized possessions after one has been depressed for an extended period of time, and a previous suicide
attempt and a very detailed suicide plan for the future.
A statement of disclosure could include... - Answer-The counselor's qualifications, office hours, and
billing policies, emergency procedures and therapy techniques utilized, and a statement that
confidentiality is desirable, but cannot be guaranteed in a group setting.
Privileged communication refers to the fact that anything said to a counselor by a client.... - Answer-will
not be divulged outside the counseling setting without the client's permission.
In regard to state law and privileged communication, counselors must be aware that... - Answer-laws are
unclear and may vary from state to state.
