Carlos Albizu University, Miami Campus

PSYM 501 - Counseling Theories and Practice

Professor: Dr. Isabel Medina
CHAPTER 3

1. In becoming an ethical practitioner, a crucial task is to:

a. learn how to arrive at clear-cut answers for difficult situations.
b. identify a specific ethical code as the source of answers to ethical dilemmas.
c. learn how to interpret and apply ethical codes to an ethical dilemma.
d. avoid making any mistakes in counseling practice.
e. discover the correct solution for every ethical dilemma that might arise.

2. According to the text, the challenge of providing informed consent consists of:
a. telling clients about the nature of confidentiality.
b. striking a balance between giving clients too much and too little information about the
therapeutic process.
c. convincing clients that counselors know what they are doing.
d. teaching clients about state laws that pertain to counseling.
e. getting clients to read the ethical codes of the profession.

3. Many ethical codes state that dual or multiple relationships:

a. should be avoided whenever possible.
b. are clearly grounds for revocation of one’s professional license.
c. are helpful in case of counseling one’s friends or relatives.
d. are impossible to avoid.
e. always result in serious harm to the client.

4. Privileged communication does not apply to

a. group counseling
b. couples counseling
c. family therapy
d. child and adolescent therapy
e. all of these.

5. Confidentiality must be breached and information must be reported by practitioners when:

a. clients pose a danger to others.
b. a child under the age of 16 is the victim of incest, rape, or child abuse.
c. an older adult is being abused.
d. the therapist determines that the client needs immediate, involuntary hospitalization.
e. all of these

6. Under what circumstances should a therapist consult with colleagues or specialists?

a. when a client complains of physical symptoms
b. when facing an ethical problem
c. when working with a client for an extended period of time and losing objectivity
d. all of these
7. Both feminist therapists and postmodern therapists tend to view diagnosis as it is traditionally
done:
a. as an appropriate part of counseling sessions.
b. as generally helpful to women clients.
c. as an essential part of the medical model they follow.
d. as often oppressive and ignoring of societal contexts.

8. According to the text, positive ethics is a practice in which counselors:

a. do what is mandated by professional standards.
b. base their ethical decisions on what is best for their clients rather than minimum standards
of care.
c. strive for the highest level of ethical practice.
d. strictly adhere to lengthy ethics codes, even if this is not in the client’s best interest.

9. During her sessions, Justine questions whether she is trying to meet her clients’ needs or her
own needs. Justine is:
a. being overly analytical.
b. engaging in meaningful self-reflection and self-assessment as a professional.
c. self-absorbed and insecure.
d. behaving unethically since she is preoccupied during her clients’ sessions.

10. Assessment is a useful method of:

a. evaluating a client’s current level of functioning.
b. forming a case conceptualization.
c. involving the client as an active participant in treatment.
d. gaining insight into the client’s subjective world.
e. all of these.

11. Evidenced-based practices are not:

a. based on psychodynamic principles.
b. tailored to address specific problems and symptoms.
c. founded on empirical research.
d. generally time limited.

12. __________________ is the view of ethical practice that deals with the minimum level of
professional practice.
a. Mandatory ethics
b. Minimal ethics
c. Positive ethics
d. Aspirational ethics