Law and Ethics
Round 1
The Theoretical Case of Bailey (V3)
Comps Grab Bag
Law and Ethics
Round 2
The Theoretical Case of Mr. Wilson (V4)
100
This is the order by which interventions are selected in the case of a suicidal client.
What is least to most intrusive/restrictive?
100
This is a family diagram that you, as the therapist, would create with the Garcia family if you approaching this case from a Bowenian theoretical orientation.
What is a genogram?
100
The degree of care that a reasonably prudent therapist would provide in the same or similar circumstances.
What is standard of care?
100
Consent to treatment, confidentiality and exceptions, fees, risks and benefits of treatment and disclosure of traineeship/internship status, name and licensure information of the business owner, office policies.
What are components of informed consent?
100
After a complete assessment, this will likely be Mr. Wilson’s primary diagnosis.
What is Major Depressive Disorder, Single Episode?
200
*Vignette 2 This is length of time you have to submit the written child abuse report.
What is 36 hours?
200
This type of therapist would look for unique outcomes or sparkling moments when Bailey is cooperative and honest, for the purpose of incorporating these moments into the family’s story.
What is a narrative therapist?
200
*Vignette 5 After a complete assessment, this will likely be Sara’s primary diagnosis.
What is Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Anxiety and Depressed Mood?
200
Suicidality, homicidality, child abuse, elder abuse, and dependent adult abuse.
What are limits to confidentiality?
200
Scaling questions, compliments, exception questions, eliciting strengths and resources are all interventions this type of therapist would use with Mr. Wilson.
What is a solution-focused therapist?
300
An MFT’s primary therapeutic duty.
What is “Do No Harm?”
300
Mrs. Garcia complains that Mr. Garcia will too often defend Bailey and “let her off the hook.” Mrs. Garcia admits that these situations have been problematic in her relationship with Mr. Garcia. This theoretical orientation would view these relational dynamics as a problematic triad in the family system and seek to strengthen the parental dyad.
What is Bowen family systems theory? (aka intergenerational family therapy)
300
These are two reasons to refer a client to another clinician, type of clinician, or care setting.
What is outside of your scope of competence and outside of your scope of practice?
300
A legal concept that bars disclosure of confidential information.
What is privilege?
300
These are crisis and safety issues that will need to be assessed with Mr. Wilson.
What is suicidality and substance use?
400
In addition to suicidal threats, this is another reason a person may need to be hospitalized.
What is threat to others? (aka homicidal ideations, homicidal threats, Tarasoff)
400
This is a theoretic approach that involves approaching this case as a “change agent.” In this theoretical approach your role, as the therapist, includes maintaining a safe environment, modeling honest/genuine communication, avoiding judgement, building self-esteem, determining interactional structure and guidelines and ensure appropriate communication from self and others.
What is Satir’s experiential/communication approach?
400
*Vignette 5 These are psychosocial stressors that Sara is currently facing.
What are stressors such as distance from primary support group, problems related to her social environment, and academic problems?
400
*Vignette 1 Crisis and safety issues that will need to be assessed with Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
What are domestic violence and child abuse?
400
This theoretical approach would assume that Mr. Wilson’s presenting symptoms are likely the result of how he evaluates and assigns meaning to events in his life, thus influencing his feelings and behaviors.
What is cognitive-behavioral theory?
500
These are the components of an ethical termination process.
What is the discussion of previous Losses, Anticipating challenges that might occur after therapy, Referrals for follow-up care, a discussion of Goals, the expression of an Open door policy and the prevention of Premature departures from therapy?
500
This is the structural therapy intervention being used if you, as the therapist, mirrors/imitates the Garcia family's communication patterns.
What is mimesis?
500
The therapist’s role from the perspective of structural family therapy.
What is joining with the family system as a leader?
500
The 5 types of elder abuse.
What are physical abuse, neglect, financial abuse, abandonment, and isolation?
500
This narrative intervention involves linguistically separating Mr. Wilson from the presenting problems by personifying and/or assigning a name to his collection of symptoms.
What is externalizing the problem?
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