You are a counselor at a community mental health clinic and the young adult male you are treating in counseling was convicted of drunk driving. The client wants you to attend the court trial to confirm that he is in treatment. The judge asks that you disclose specific information about the treatment that the client does not want you too. Discuss what you should do and the ethical considerations you have.
What will be an ideal response?
Response should include mention that the ethical concern is that the counselor does not own privilege, the client does. The client does not want the counselor to disclose this information and the counselor must not. Response may also include strategies for managing the legal involvement such as seeking out support from professional organizations, lawyer, etc.
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____________ formulation is the phase in case conceptualization where the counselor attempts to answer the question “why” the presenting issue is occurring.
a. Diagnostic b. Cultural c. Clinical d. Treatment
A crisis which is not properly dealt with may become submerged from awareness, where it forms a disease reservoir. The phenomenon in which such a crisis reemerges later in life, causing the person's previous crisis symptoms to recur has been termed:
A) ?acute depressive onset. B) ?regression. C) ?recidivism. D) ?transcrisis.
Which is true about the therapeutic triad?
a. That the skills within the triad must be rooted in the therapist’s being in order for them to be used effectively. b. They are the only necessary and sufficient conditions of therapy. c. They are can be learned with training and can be applied easily. d. The client must exhibit the triad for therapy to be effective.
Group leaders should
a. model disclosure of feelings. b. provide individualized positive feedback. c. consider appropriate referrals for individual counseling. d. All of the above.