The Counseling Relationship
Confidentiality and Privacy
Counselor Educators
Distance Counseling, Technology and Social Media
Miscellaneous
100
Engaging in a relationship via technology that blurs the professional boundary.
What is a virtual relationship.
100
Code C.6.e states that counselors should provide services to the field without fee or with reduced financial gain. What are some examples of services that counselors can provide?
What is public speaking, putting free professional information on their websites or volunteering counseling services in the wake of a disaster.
100
Counselor educators have a clear ethical responsibility to protect the future clients that the counseling students will work with. They must evaluate a student’s competence throughout the program to ensure the safety of the clients they will counsel in the future. What is this called?
What is gatekeeping.
100
Distance counselors need to be able to provide services in which two locations?
Counselors who are using distance counseling must be legally able to provide services in the state that they reside and the state that their client resides in.
100
What is the purpose of the code of Ethics.
Protect the clients Protect the integrity of the field Inform counselors of the proper way to handle difficult decisions
200
What 2 changes have been made regarding billing clients?
Fee splitting- is paying or accepting fees for client referrals, is unethical. A.10.c. The 2014 ACA Code of Ethics supports the use of a sliding scale, stating that counselors may adjust their fees if it creates a hardship for the client (American Counseling Association, 2014, p. 6).
200
Your client has passed away. Do you still need to maintain confidentiality?
Yes.
200
Counselor educators have an ethical obligation to present current, evidence-based practices to their students. Who benefits from this?
What is the students and the student's future clients.
200
What is the reason behind having a verification code, when providing distance counseling?
To make sure that it is in fact the client that the counselor is working with.
200
What is the purpose of the preamble?
The preamble was designed to set a clear foundation explaining what the field of counseling is all about. The Revision Task Force wanted this document to be viewed in its entirety.
300
True or False: A counselor can refuse to work with a client that engages in behaviors or expresses beliefs that do not align with the values held by the counselor.
False
300
Your client has a contagious, life-threatening disease and is putting another person at risk by exposing them to the disease. What next steps have changed in the 2014 ACA Code of Ethics?
The counselor no longer has to confirm that the client has the disease with a physician
300
Is a counselor educator ethically required to ensure that his/her students get a counseling job after graduation?
No, but they should make the students aware of opportunities in the field. There is the obligation to assist students with the skills, information, and support necessary to find an entry-level counseling position
300
Informed consent is especially important in distance counseling. Name 4 important aspects of the informed consent in distance counseling.
Risks and benefits of distance counseling, anticipated response time, emergency procedures in the case if the counselor is unavailable, and time zone differences
300
Name five of the seven steps in making an ethical decision.
What is identify the problem, apply the ACA code of ethics, determine the nature and dimension of the problem, generate potential course of action, consider potential consequences, evaluate the course of action, implement your course of action
400
Things that are important to discuss with a mandated client.
It is essential to discuss the limitations of confidentiality and what will be shared with another party. It is also important to express the autonomy of the client to be able to refuse services, but also inform the client on the consequences of refusing services.
400
You are working with a client who is terminally ill and is considering prematurely ending their own life. What would you do next?
The counselor has the option to maintain confidentiality, after carefully considering the laws and seeking supervision and legal advice.
400
If a counselor educator wants to use a real case example in class, what precautions must they take?
Using a case example is only permissible when (a) the client, student, or supervisee has reviewed the material and agreed to its presentation or (b) the information has been sufficiently modified to obscure identity.
400
Is Skype HIPPA compliant?
No.
400
Name the core principles of the counseling profession.
What is Autonomy, Nonmaleficence, beneficence, justice, fidelity, veracity
500
What section of the 2014 ACA Code of Ethics does the Counseling Relationship fall under?
Section A.
500
Name the 2 universities that were involved in lawsuits: Ward v. Wilbanks Keeton v Anderson-Wiley
What is Eastern Michigan University and Augusta State University.
500
Section F.7.b states that counselor educators must only teach subjects in which they have competence. What experience should they have that makes them competent?
They must teach areas where they have experience working with clients, done extensive research, and/or received supervision in that area.
500
Which section of the 2014 ACA Code of Ethics refers to distance counseling, social media and technology?
What is Section H.
500
Name four of the 5 most common ethical questions that get asked on the ACA helpline.
What is subpoena questions/release of information, breaking confidentiality/mandated reporting, extending profession boundaries, Navigating the counselor-client relationship, distance counseling/social media/technology, personal values
M
e
n
u