COUN 502 Test 1 Questions With
Accurate Answers
Which professional organization represents the interests of professional
counselors in general? - ANSWER ACA (American Counseling Association)
Which focuses specifically on Mental Health Counselors? - ANSWER AMHCA
(American Mental Health Counselor Association)
Which is involved in accreditation of graduate counseling programs? - ANSWER
CACREP
What type programs are accredited? - ANSWER Career Counseling
School Counseling
Clinical Mental Health Counseling
NOT counseling psychology
Name some of the common core areas identified by CACREP. - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER These Were:
National Vocational Guidance Association,
American College Personnel Association,
National Association for Guidance Supervisors
APA Was Not: American Psychological Association
Psychiatry - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER Recognized by ACA, CACREP, minimum of a
masters degree in counseling or related discipline.
counseling psychologist - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER -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 - ANSWER 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? - ANSWER Provides primary national certification process for
professional counselors
who can be certified? - ANSWER anyone who has completed and graduated
from an accredited 60 hour program
How many states have Mental Health counseling as a licensed profession? -
ANSWER 50
Portability - ANSWER The ability to move your license from state to state,
to take it with you across state lines. (think - to transport)
Reciprocity - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER Addiction
Counseling
Career Counseling
Accurate Answers
Which professional organization represents the interests of professional
counselors in general? - ANSWER ACA (American Counseling Association)
Which focuses specifically on Mental Health Counselors? - ANSWER AMHCA
(American Mental Health Counselor Association)
Which is involved in accreditation of graduate counseling programs? - ANSWER
CACREP
What type programs are accredited? - ANSWER Career Counseling
School Counseling
Clinical Mental Health Counseling
NOT counseling psychology
Name some of the common core areas identified by CACREP. - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER These Were:
National Vocational Guidance Association,
American College Personnel Association,
National Association for Guidance Supervisors
APA Was Not: American Psychological Association
Psychiatry - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER Recognized by ACA, CACREP, minimum of a
masters degree in counseling or related discipline.
counseling psychologist - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER -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 - ANSWER 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? - ANSWER Provides primary national certification process for
professional counselors
who can be certified? - ANSWER anyone who has completed and graduated
from an accredited 60 hour program
How many states have Mental Health counseling as a licensed profession? -
ANSWER 50
Portability - ANSWER The ability to move your license from state to state,
to take it with you across state lines. (think - to transport)
Reciprocity - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER Addiction
Counseling
Career Counseling
