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Ethics 2
100
The mechanism that consists of masking perceived weaknesses or developing certain positive traits to make up for limitations
What is compensation?
100
The process of interacting with nature and with other people without losing one's sense of individuality.
What is contact?
100
The ability of counselors to manage their personal values so that they do not contaminate the counseling process.
What is bracketing?
100
An ethical concept, and also a legal concept, stating that therapists have a duty not to disclose information about a client.
What is confidentiality?
100
The analysis and explanation of a client's problems. It may attend to cause of problems, development of problems, classification of disorders, specification of treatment procedure, and estimate of likelihood of resolution.
What is diagnosis?
200
The mechanism that entails redirection of some emotion from real source to a substitute person or object.
What is displacement?
200
A way of avoiding contact and awareness by being vague and indirect.
What is deflection?
200
The process of therapists seeing in their clients patterns of their own behavior, overidentifying with clients, or meeting their own needs through their clients.
What is countertransference?
200
The requisite for therapists that practice is based in techniques that have empirical evidence to support their efficacy.
What is evidence-based practice (EBP)?
200
The right of clients to be informed about their therapy and to make autonomous decisions pertaining to it.
What is informed consent?
300
The mechanism that involves individuals identifying themselves with successful causes in the hope that they will be seen as worthwhile.
What is identification?
300
A disturbance in which the sense of the boundary between self and environment is lost.
What is confluence?
300
The ongoing process for the counseling professional of developing awareness of beliefs and attitudes, acquiring knowledge about race and culture, and learning skills and intervention strategies necessary to work effectively with culturally diverse populations.
What is diversity-competence?
300
A higher level of ethical practice that addresses doing what is in the best interests of clients.
What is aspirational ethics?
300
A boundary crossing that takes the practitioner out of the professional role, which generally involves exploitation; a serious breach that harms the client and is therefore unethical.
What is a boundary violation?
400
The mechanism that involves attributing our own unacceptable thoughts, feelings, and motives to others.
What is projection?
400
The uncritical acceptance of others' beliefs and standards without assimilating them into one's own personality.
What is introjection?
400
The ability to pay attention to what one is thinking, feeling, and doing; a crucial step in self care.
What is self-monitoring?
400
The ongoing process of evaluating the relevant factors in a client's life to identify themes for further exploration in the counseling process.
What is assessment?
400
A counselor's occupation of two or more roles simultaneously or sequentially with a client; may involve assuming more than one professional role or combining professional and nonprofessional roles.
What is dual/multiple relationships?
500
The mechanism that addresses a threatening impulse by actively expressing the opposite impulse.
What is reaction formation?
500
The act of turning back onto ourselves something we would like to do (or have done) to someone else.
What is retroflection?
500
A counselor's attempt to define a client's values, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.
What is value imposition?
500
The view of ethical practice that deals with the minimum level of professional practice.
What is mandatory ethics?
500
A departure from a commonly accepted practice that could potentially benefit a client (for example, attending a client's graduation).
What is boundary crossing?