Ethics Questions
When a counselor has a therapeutic relationship with a client in addition to a relationship in another context this is called?
This is a legal term that comes about when a professional fails to adequately carry out their job duties and knew they should have done something differently at the time.
Malpractice
A special relationship necessitates this _____, arising from the relationship between parties.
legal duty
How much was this case settled for?
$150,000
This individual was undoubtedly not working in the best interests of his clients and society to promote mental health well-being meaning that he violated which ACA principle?
Beneficence
Who regulates professional malpractice?
State lawmakers
What is it called when the counselor did not uphold the standard of care expected from a counselor.
Breach
Name one of the four ways standard of care was breached in this case?
Revealing personal information about himself to the client that had no therapeutic value.
Encouraging the client to meet him socially outside his office .
Engaging in sexual intimacy with the client during her therapy sessions.
Failing to assist her in obtaining another counselor when she decided to discontinue therapy.
The counselor's actions undoubtedly brought harm to the client. This violates which ACA ethical principle.
Nonmaleficence
When a person unknowingly or unintentionally makes a mistake in treatment that results in some damages to the client.
Negligence
When injuries that occurred would not have happened if the counselor had not "breached" their duties.
Causation
In this case the counselor's actions breached standard of care for which individuals involved?
Both the woman and her husband.
When a case provides a great possibility for countertransferance, or boundary concerns for Counselor, it is the Counselor's responsibility to seek this service?
Supervision/ Consultation
A knowing act of wrong doing, committed intentionally against a person.
Intentional Harm
Physical or emotional harm that occurred.
Damages
What arrangements should the counselor have made upon identifying that he had unresolvable feelings toward the client?
Referral or continuity of care to a new therapist.