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- application of counseling interventions and
psychotherapeutic techniques to identify and
remediate cognitive, mental, and emotional issues,
including personal growth, adjustment to disability,
crisis intervention, and psychosocial and
environmental problems
- conducting assessments for the purpose of
Professional clinical establishing counseling goals and objectives to
counseling empower individuals to deal adequately with life
situations, reduce stress, experience growth, change
behavior, and make well-informed rational decisions
- focused exclusively on the application of counseling
interventions and psychotherapeutic techniques for
the purposes of improving mental health, and is not
intended to capture other, nonclinical forms of
counseling for the purposes of licensure.
, - does not include the assessment or treatment of
couples or families unless the counselor has
completed additional training and education, beyond
the minimum training and education required for
licensure
Scope of Practice for
- not include the provision of clinical social
LPCC
workservices
- can use of assessments within counselors' scope of
practice.
- no restriction for LPCCs or PCCIs to assess and treat
children
- LPCCs and PCCIs can work with children, families,
and couples as long as they are supervised LMFT,
LCSW, licensed psychologist, licensed physician
What are the requirements (board-certified in psychiatry) or a LPCC (completed
for LPCC who would like 500hrs and 6 MFT graduate hrs w/ written
to work with families, confirmation from BBS).
couples, and children? - take 6 sem units/9 qtr hrs of MFT theory
- 500 hrs supervised work with children, family,
couples
- 6 CEU MFT specific course each renewal cycle
Being alert to early signs of personal problems
(fatigue, burnout, depression, substance abuse) that
Counselor impairment
may prevent one from fulfilling professional
obligations.
- maintain consultation and supervision
How should a counselor
- seek treatment
deal with impairment?
- provide appropriate referrals if necessary
- have a termination session focusing on transitioning
them to a new provider
If a client will benefit from
- appropriate referrals
being referred to another
- clt sign ROI authorizing new and old therapist to
provider, what should a
communicate for continuity of care
therapist do?
- f/up with new therapist to transfer records and
coordination of care
, What could potentially - incorrect diagnoses and poor tx decisions
happen if therapist is - bias toward one or more family members (if
unaware of his/her qualified to work with couples and family)
personal values, attitudes, - may become overly friendly/hostile with a clt
and beliefs? - likely to miss or misinterpret impt clinical info
- consider how attitudes are impacting tx
- seek supervision or consultation to ensure quality of
care
How to manage impact of
- personal therapy to identify source of
therapist's attitudes?
attitudes/beliefs/values
- refer if it continues to interfere, be careful not to
abandon and referral is not discriminatory in nature
T/F: If therapist refers clt False, it is discrimination
out based on personal
attitudes about race,
gender, or other
protected characteristics,
the therapist is not
engaging in discrimnation.
CLT has fundamental right to choose for themselves
what kinds of mental health they will participate in,
Autonomy except for those who present an imminent danger to
selves or others (involuntary hospitalization)
- clt can discontinue/change provider any time
What is the primary reason to protect the best interests of clients
for the existence of legal
and ethical obligations?
When there is a direct follow what the law dictates
conflict between the code
of ethics and the law, what
should a therapist do?
T/F: The agency policies False, agency policies does not excuse a counselor
trumps the code of ethics from following ethical obligations.
for counselors.
2025): Already Graded A Questions and Verified
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Terms in this set (187)
- application of counseling interventions and
psychotherapeutic techniques to identify and
remediate cognitive, mental, and emotional issues,
including personal growth, adjustment to disability,
crisis intervention, and psychosocial and
environmental problems
- conducting assessments for the purpose of
Professional clinical establishing counseling goals and objectives to
counseling empower individuals to deal adequately with life
situations, reduce stress, experience growth, change
behavior, and make well-informed rational decisions
- focused exclusively on the application of counseling
interventions and psychotherapeutic techniques for
the purposes of improving mental health, and is not
intended to capture other, nonclinical forms of
counseling for the purposes of licensure.
, - does not include the assessment or treatment of
couples or families unless the counselor has
completed additional training and education, beyond
the minimum training and education required for
licensure
Scope of Practice for
- not include the provision of clinical social
LPCC
workservices
- can use of assessments within counselors' scope of
practice.
- no restriction for LPCCs or PCCIs to assess and treat
children
- LPCCs and PCCIs can work with children, families,
and couples as long as they are supervised LMFT,
LCSW, licensed psychologist, licensed physician
What are the requirements (board-certified in psychiatry) or a LPCC (completed
for LPCC who would like 500hrs and 6 MFT graduate hrs w/ written
to work with families, confirmation from BBS).
couples, and children? - take 6 sem units/9 qtr hrs of MFT theory
- 500 hrs supervised work with children, family,
couples
- 6 CEU MFT specific course each renewal cycle
Being alert to early signs of personal problems
(fatigue, burnout, depression, substance abuse) that
Counselor impairment
may prevent one from fulfilling professional
obligations.
- maintain consultation and supervision
How should a counselor
- seek treatment
deal with impairment?
- provide appropriate referrals if necessary
- have a termination session focusing on transitioning
them to a new provider
If a client will benefit from
- appropriate referrals
being referred to another
- clt sign ROI authorizing new and old therapist to
provider, what should a
communicate for continuity of care
therapist do?
- f/up with new therapist to transfer records and
coordination of care
, What could potentially - incorrect diagnoses and poor tx decisions
happen if therapist is - bias toward one or more family members (if
unaware of his/her qualified to work with couples and family)
personal values, attitudes, - may become overly friendly/hostile with a clt
and beliefs? - likely to miss or misinterpret impt clinical info
- consider how attitudes are impacting tx
- seek supervision or consultation to ensure quality of
care
How to manage impact of
- personal therapy to identify source of
therapist's attitudes?
attitudes/beliefs/values
- refer if it continues to interfere, be careful not to
abandon and referral is not discriminatory in nature
T/F: If therapist refers clt False, it is discrimination
out based on personal
attitudes about race,
gender, or other
protected characteristics,
the therapist is not
engaging in discrimnation.
CLT has fundamental right to choose for themselves
what kinds of mental health they will participate in,
Autonomy except for those who present an imminent danger to
selves or others (involuntary hospitalization)
- clt can discontinue/change provider any time
What is the primary reason to protect the best interests of clients
for the existence of legal
and ethical obligations?
When there is a direct follow what the law dictates
conflict between the code
of ethics and the law, what
should a therapist do?
T/F: The agency policies False, agency policies does not excuse a counselor
trumps the code of ethics from following ethical obligations.
for counselors.
