Legal, Ethical, And Professional Issues In Counseling
CCMH/515CA: Legal, Ethical, And Professional Issues In Counseling
Question 1
4 Points
A client asks you for classical psychoanalysis, yet you have no training whatsoever in this area. If you agree to analyze the client, you are:
violating the duty to warn.
still ethical if you possess LPC or NCC.
unethical as this outside your scope of practice.
still ethical only if you have a doctorate.
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Question 2
4 Points
Your Native American client has not made eye contact, doesn’t share much information about his feelings, and hasn’t done the assigned homework to have a conversation with his spouse. You document that he is “resistant” to counseling. This is an example of:
Cultural competency
Cultural tunnel vision
Ethical reason to terminate counseling
Cognitive behavioral therapy
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Question 3
4 Points
The diagnosis provided to the client is coded via _______ and is generally required for good case conceptualization.
DSM-5
ICD-10
AMA’s Current Procedural Terminology (e.g., CPT)
90844
A or B
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Question 4
4 Points
Section B of NBCC’s code of ethics deals with the counseling relationship. Thus, a counselor who uses a paradoxical strategy ___.
has committed a blatant ethics violation
does not need to explain the purpose of the paradox to the client
should explain the purpose of this technique to the client
must record the interview
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Question 5
4 Points
NBCC has developed a code of ethics to help counselors behave in a professional manner. The code is divided into a preamble and seven sections. The first section (i.e., Section A) warns against stereotyping and discrimination. All of the following would be examples of stereotyping and discrimination except:
advising an African-American client to avoid graduate school because you believe the Jensen research regarding Blacks and IQ scores.
advising a client to consider switching his college major based on your clinical judgment as well as the results from an extensive test battery.
advising a female client to avoid taking a management position because you feel women are generally nonassertive.
advising a female client to avoid taking a management position because you feel women managers are generally too aggressive.
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