Test Bank for Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in
Counseling
morality - Answers Personal beliefs and how they affect one's conduct
ethics - Answers Professional values and behaviors; represent ideal standards
laws - Answers Agreed-on rules that set forth principles that allow people to live together in a
society; dictate minmal standards of behavior
best practice - Answers Goes beyond what is minimally required by laws or codes of ethics
principle ethics - Answers Based on the moral principles of the helping professions
virtue ethics - Answers Focused on traits of character
codes of ethics - Answers Vital resources in ethical decision making, but cannot answer every
question that might arise in actual practice
ethical decision-making skills - Answers Of critical importance to counselors, along with a useful
model
law - Answers Affects most areas of counselor practice
legal issues - Answers Counselors must know how to recognize these
,legal advice - Answers Counselors must know how to obtain this
fellow mental health professionals - Answers Who counselors should seek advice from when
they have clinical or ethical questions
lawyers - Answers Who counselors should seek advice from when they have legal questions
professional judgment - Answers There is no substitute for this when difficult ethical or legal
issues arise
values - Answers Counselors must respect these when they are different from their own, and be
sure not to impose them on clients
wellness model, developmental, prevention and early intervention, empowerment - Answers
Four components of the counseling profession philosophy: a _____ _____ of mental health, a
_____ perspective, strong preference for _____ ___ _____ _____ into problems, and a goal of
_____ for clients
professional identity - Answers Something that counseling trainees must develop and be able to
articulate to others
medical model - Answers The "other" traditional model of mental health that counselors may
use, but are not rooted in
pathological, natural and normal - Answers According to the developmental perspective,
counselors may see some issues not as _____, but _____ and _____.
remediation - Answers The alternative to prevention and early intervention
, independently - Answers Counselors should help their clients learn to resolve their problems
_____ of counselor assistance.
secondary - Answers Other mental health professions provide counseling as a _____ service.
master's degrees - Answers What counselors must receive to be considered professionals
counseling skills - Answers Counseling programs emphasize the development of these
education - Answers Counseling programs are usually found in colleges of _____
few - Answers Professional codes of ethics impose _____ restrictions.
counseling, school, vocational rehabilitation - Answers Professional counseling emerged from
_____ psychology, _____ counseling, and _____ _____ counseling.
ACA - Answers The primary professional association for counselors
united, ACA, licensure - Answers Three identity issues that currently challenge the counseling
profession are whether it will be _____, the organizational structure of the _____, and the
variation of _____ from state to state.
mental disorders, job classifications, reimbursement - Answers Three current legal and
professional issues that challenge the counseling profession are the testing, diagnosis, and
treatment of ____ _____, _____ _____ for counselors, and third-party _____.
positive working relationships - Answers Counselors have an ethical obligation to maintain these
with other mental health professionals
Counseling
morality - Answers Personal beliefs and how they affect one's conduct
ethics - Answers Professional values and behaviors; represent ideal standards
laws - Answers Agreed-on rules that set forth principles that allow people to live together in a
society; dictate minmal standards of behavior
best practice - Answers Goes beyond what is minimally required by laws or codes of ethics
principle ethics - Answers Based on the moral principles of the helping professions
virtue ethics - Answers Focused on traits of character
codes of ethics - Answers Vital resources in ethical decision making, but cannot answer every
question that might arise in actual practice
ethical decision-making skills - Answers Of critical importance to counselors, along with a useful
model
law - Answers Affects most areas of counselor practice
legal issues - Answers Counselors must know how to recognize these
,legal advice - Answers Counselors must know how to obtain this
fellow mental health professionals - Answers Who counselors should seek advice from when
they have clinical or ethical questions
lawyers - Answers Who counselors should seek advice from when they have legal questions
professional judgment - Answers There is no substitute for this when difficult ethical or legal
issues arise
values - Answers Counselors must respect these when they are different from their own, and be
sure not to impose them on clients
wellness model, developmental, prevention and early intervention, empowerment - Answers
Four components of the counseling profession philosophy: a _____ _____ of mental health, a
_____ perspective, strong preference for _____ ___ _____ _____ into problems, and a goal of
_____ for clients
professional identity - Answers Something that counseling trainees must develop and be able to
articulate to others
medical model - Answers The "other" traditional model of mental health that counselors may
use, but are not rooted in
pathological, natural and normal - Answers According to the developmental perspective,
counselors may see some issues not as _____, but _____ and _____.
remediation - Answers The alternative to prevention and early intervention
, independently - Answers Counselors should help their clients learn to resolve their problems
_____ of counselor assistance.
secondary - Answers Other mental health professions provide counseling as a _____ service.
master's degrees - Answers What counselors must receive to be considered professionals
counseling skills - Answers Counseling programs emphasize the development of these
education - Answers Counseling programs are usually found in colleges of _____
few - Answers Professional codes of ethics impose _____ restrictions.
counseling, school, vocational rehabilitation - Answers Professional counseling emerged from
_____ psychology, _____ counseling, and _____ _____ counseling.
ACA - Answers The primary professional association for counselors
united, ACA, licensure - Answers Three identity issues that currently challenge the counseling
profession are whether it will be _____, the organizational structure of the _____, and the
variation of _____ from state to state.
mental disorders, job classifications, reimbursement - Answers Three current legal and
professional issues that challenge the counseling profession are the testing, diagnosis, and
treatment of ____ _____, _____ _____ for counselors, and third-party _____.
positive working relationships - Answers Counselors have an ethical obligation to maintain these
with other mental health professionals
