COUN 502- Mental Health Counseling Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
When was Clinical Mental Health Counseling as distinct speciality? - ANSWER
Clinical Mental Health Counseling was recognized as a distinct specialty in 2009.
Before 2009, many students became community counselors or mental health
counselors.
Community Counseling - ANSWER A term used to identify counseling activities
outside other established domains, such as educational settings.
In 1984, ACES described community counseling in the following ways. -
ANSWER -Favors a multifaceted approach that is developmental & educative
-Focuses on prevention
-Emphasizes the influence of community on clients
-Focuses on empowerment of clients through advocacy
According to AMHCA (2009), Mental Health Counselors - ANSWER Practice in a
variety of settings and provide a full range of services.
According to AMHCA (2009), Mental Health Counselors practice in a variety of
settings, such as - ANSWER -Independent practice &
-community agencies
According to AMHCA (2009), Mental Health Counselors provide a full range of
services, including - ANSWER -Assessment & Diagnosis
-Psychotherapy
-Treatment planning & Utilization review
-Brief & Solution-focused therapy
-Alcoholism & Substance abuse treatment
-Psycho-educational & Prevention programs
-Crisis management
Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) - ANSWER -Represents the merging
of community counseling with mental health counseling.
-Emphasizes wellness, prevention, personal growth, psycho-education,
treatment, & empowerment
Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) includes the following core areas -
ANSWER -Diagnosis & psychopathology
-Psychotherapy
-Psychological testing & assessment
, -Professional orientation
-Research & program evaluation
-Group counseling
-Human growth & development
-Social & cultural foundations
-Lifestyle & career development
-Supervised practicum & internship
Chronological Overview of Counseling, before 1900: - ANSWER -developed in
the late 1890s & early 1900s
-informed & characterized by advice-giving & information-sharing
-created to improve people's lives affected by the Industrial Revolution
-impacted by the social welfare reform movement (i.e. social justice movement)
Chronological Overview of Counseling, in the 1900s: - ANSWER Frank Parsons
(founder of guidance)
- established the Boston Vocational Bureau
-wrote, Choosing a Vocation (1909)
Jesse B. Davis
-organized first systematic guidance program in a public school
Clifford Beers
-former mental patient
-advocated for better treatment of the mentally ill
-published, A Mind that Found Itself (1908)
Chronological Overview of Counseling, in the 1910s: - ANSWER -National
Vocational Guidance Association (NVGA), forerunner to the American
Counseling Association (ACA), established
-Smith-Hughes Act is passed, providing funding for vocational education in the
public schools
- Army Alpha and Beta Intelligence Tests developed by the U.S. Army
-Psychometrics (psychological testing) embraced by vocational guidance
-First university course on guidance offered at Harvard University
Chronological Overview of Counseling, in the 1920s: - ANSWER -First
certification of counselors initiated in Boston & New York
-Publication of Strong Interest Inventory (SVII)
-First marriage & family counseling center established by Abraham & Hannah
Stone
-Broadening of counseling focus beyond vocational interests
Chronological Overview of Counseling, in the 1930s: - ANSWER -First theory of
counseling, counselor-centered, trait-factor approach, developed by E. G.
Williamson & colleagues
Questions With Correct Answers
When was Clinical Mental Health Counseling as distinct speciality? - ANSWER
Clinical Mental Health Counseling was recognized as a distinct specialty in 2009.
Before 2009, many students became community counselors or mental health
counselors.
Community Counseling - ANSWER A term used to identify counseling activities
outside other established domains, such as educational settings.
In 1984, ACES described community counseling in the following ways. -
ANSWER -Favors a multifaceted approach that is developmental & educative
-Focuses on prevention
-Emphasizes the influence of community on clients
-Focuses on empowerment of clients through advocacy
According to AMHCA (2009), Mental Health Counselors - ANSWER Practice in a
variety of settings and provide a full range of services.
According to AMHCA (2009), Mental Health Counselors practice in a variety of
settings, such as - ANSWER -Independent practice &
-community agencies
According to AMHCA (2009), Mental Health Counselors provide a full range of
services, including - ANSWER -Assessment & Diagnosis
-Psychotherapy
-Treatment planning & Utilization review
-Brief & Solution-focused therapy
-Alcoholism & Substance abuse treatment
-Psycho-educational & Prevention programs
-Crisis management
Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) - ANSWER -Represents the merging
of community counseling with mental health counseling.
-Emphasizes wellness, prevention, personal growth, psycho-education,
treatment, & empowerment
Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) includes the following core areas -
ANSWER -Diagnosis & psychopathology
-Psychotherapy
-Psychological testing & assessment
, -Professional orientation
-Research & program evaluation
-Group counseling
-Human growth & development
-Social & cultural foundations
-Lifestyle & career development
-Supervised practicum & internship
Chronological Overview of Counseling, before 1900: - ANSWER -developed in
the late 1890s & early 1900s
-informed & characterized by advice-giving & information-sharing
-created to improve people's lives affected by the Industrial Revolution
-impacted by the social welfare reform movement (i.e. social justice movement)
Chronological Overview of Counseling, in the 1900s: - ANSWER Frank Parsons
(founder of guidance)
- established the Boston Vocational Bureau
-wrote, Choosing a Vocation (1909)
Jesse B. Davis
-organized first systematic guidance program in a public school
Clifford Beers
-former mental patient
-advocated for better treatment of the mentally ill
-published, A Mind that Found Itself (1908)
Chronological Overview of Counseling, in the 1910s: - ANSWER -National
Vocational Guidance Association (NVGA), forerunner to the American
Counseling Association (ACA), established
-Smith-Hughes Act is passed, providing funding for vocational education in the
public schools
- Army Alpha and Beta Intelligence Tests developed by the U.S. Army
-Psychometrics (psychological testing) embraced by vocational guidance
-First university course on guidance offered at Harvard University
Chronological Overview of Counseling, in the 1920s: - ANSWER -First
certification of counselors initiated in Boston & New York
-Publication of Strong Interest Inventory (SVII)
-First marriage & family counseling center established by Abraham & Hannah
Stone
-Broadening of counseling focus beyond vocational interests
Chronological Overview of Counseling, in the 1930s: - ANSWER -First theory of
counseling, counselor-centered, trait-factor approach, developed by E. G.
Williamson & colleagues
