River Of Life Professional Counseling
Encouraging Ethical Encounters 20202022
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Home Study Test: Ethics Questions 1-15
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Please choose either true or false fro each comment.
1. It is commonly accepted in the field for the terms ethics and legalities to be used equally and interchangeably since they mean the same things.
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2. It is not your problem if a client overhears some information from another client’s session in the next room. They shouldn’t have been listening anyway. This does not violate privacy practices.
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3. If a spouse of a client calls in to ask for information of any sort they may obtain it because they are an immediate family member. A release of consent is not needed in this case.
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4.Confidentiality extends to whether or not a person is a client, the nature of their treatment, and billing and scheduling.
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5. Dual relationships with clients or past clients are at times encouraged because this helps clients see that you are a real person outside the office.
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6. Using a standard of care decision making model involves asking yourself what another professional of similar credentials would do in a similar situation.
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7. Preventing potential ethical issues is something that should be done in advance by considering the hypothetical impact of certain decisions.
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8. DSM IV is basically just a guideline. You can use your feelings and impressions to diagnose if you have been in the field a while even in the absence of concrete behaviors.
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9. Releases of consent must specify the name and info. of the person who you are releasing, receiving or exchanging info.as well as what specific info. to be released.
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10. For clinical supervision purposes an intern may only count as supervision hours the hours with the board pre-approved clinical supervisor.
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11. It is advisable when a client requests his or her records to be released to have some discussion beforehand regarding the potential risks and benefits of such release.
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12. After 10 years there should be no ethical or legal problem with having a relationship with a past client.
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13. Client dependency can be reduced by giving clients homework and reducing the overall frequency of sessions.
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14. When a client gives a clear, specific threat toward another person or institution you can sometimes ignore it and not warn if the client has a history of just mouthing off.
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15. Clinicians should only practice within their scope of practice- for instance, what is documented on their disclosure statement.
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Questions 16-20:Ethics Home Study Test
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16. Once someone has passed his licensure exam he is considered licensed in the state even before receiving the letter from the board.
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17. A letter on letterhead from an attorney requesting records is sufficient to send client records.
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18. Cultural competency includes being aware of your own values, beliefs, biases, which could affect the therapeutic relationship.
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19. Culture not only includes one’s race and ethnicity but also beliefs, values, SES, hobbies, community, music, etc
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20. Therapy should have as its final goal as termination where the client learns to generalize skills outside sessions.
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21. Gradually decreasing the overall frequency of counseling is one way of limiting client dependency.
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22. The four quadrant approach is one comprehensive method of judging how ethical or unethical a situation may be.
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23. Codes of ethics are always a work in progress.
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24. Clinicians may have to makes accommodations in certain cases for clients who cannot give informed consent on their own (e.g. someone who cannot see, someone who is illiterate, someone who speaks another language)
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25. Records should outline how what is being done in session is specifically meeting therapeutic clinical goals.
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26. Your marketing and advertisements should not give you an unfair advantage to reassure clients into seeing you instead of another professional.
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27. Managing one’s own stress can become an ethical issue if the therapist is unable to be present for clients.
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28. Consulting with colleagues is recommended to establish a standard of care and for accountability.
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29. There are things that can be done preventatively to assure good practice.
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30. Ethical standards are primarily for the benefit of the public.
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