Managing Boundaries
Multiple Relationships
Training
Competence
Ethical Standards
100
Departures from commonly accepted practices that could potentially benefit clients are referred to as
What is boundary crossings.
100
_________is inevitable in the process of educating and supervising counselor trainees
What is Role blending.
100
____________ is a basic component of practitioner competence.
What is Training
100
The skills and training required to effectively and appropriately treat clients in a specific area of practice, and is both an ethical and legal concept, is the definition for:
What is therapist competence.
100
When a client is unable to afford therapy, it is possible that he or she may:
What is offer a bartering arrangement or exchanging goods in lieu of a fee.
200
_____________ is a serious breach that results in harm to clients and is therefore unethica
What is Boundary Violation.
200
Becoming __________ involved with the client maximizes the risks inherent in dual or multiple relationships.
What is romantically involved.
200
Most professional organizations support efforts to make continuing education a _________ condition of re-licensing.
What is mandatory.
200
Even though mental health professionals may not intend to harm clients, _________ is often a major contributing factor in causing harm.
What is incompetence
200
The ethics codes of most professional organizations provide guidelines for the ethical practice of bartering. Some more recent codes (APA, NASW, AAMFT, and ACA) take a more ______ and _________ attitude toward bartering.
What is flexible and less punitive attitude.
300
A counselor is likely to adopt stricter social boundaries and will be concerned about polluting the transference relationship if he or she is:
What is psychoanalytically oriented.
300
When considering to develop a multiple or dual relationship with a client. It's important for the Therapist to:
What is consider whether the potential benefit outweighs the potential for harm.
300
___________ is a developmentally informed process that provides useful feedback during one’s training and throughout one’s professional career.
What is Formative assessment
300
___________ is an organized system by which practitioners within a profession assess one another's services.
What is Peer review
300
According to professional codes of ethics, sexual relationships between client and counselor are considered to be ethical under what circumstances:
What is None. These relationships are not considered to be ethical under any circumstances.
400
Boundary management is more challenging in ________ areas.
What is rural.
400
A therapist has been providing couples' counseling to Saundra and Steven for a couple of years and was recently invited to attend their 20th wedding anniversary party. Attending this event is an example of:
What is a potentially beneficial non-professional interaction.
400
_____________ is an end point evaluation typically completed at the end of a professional program or when applying for licensure status.
What is Summative assessment.
400
When therapists extend the boundaries of their practice, or when they branch out into an area requiring specialty competence, they should:
What is seek consultation with a competent practitioner.
400
Setting __________ during the initial visit prevents the potential to harm or exploit a client.
What is healthy boundaries.
500
Therapists can deal with powerful attractions to clients by monitoring boundaries by:
What is setting clear limits on physical contact, self-disclosure, and client requests for personal information.
500
A therapist with a private practice is also teaching psychology part-time at a university. He is well-liked and trusted by students and some have asked for private counseling. The therapist has decided to wait until semester break before taking them on as clients. The therapist would be in a __________________.
What is dual relationship, which may cause ethical problems.
500
Continuing professional education is important because practitioner’s level of competence may diminish over time AND ______________.
"changes in laws pertaining to mental health, evolving ethical standards, and new trends in professional and evidence-based practices continue to be made."
500
According to the American Counseling Association, counselors practice only within the boundaries of their competence, based on:
What is education and training, supervised experience, state and national professional credentials, and appropriate professional experience.
500
The notion that certain actions will inevitably lead to a progressive deterioration of ethical behavior is commonly referred to as:
What is the slippery slope phenomenon.
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