Describe five changes made to the 2005 ACA Code of Ethics
What will be an ideal response?
Changes made to the 2005 ACA Code of Ethics.
a. Increased focus on cultural sensitivity
b. Counseling interventions grounded in theory and/or empirical foundations mandated
c. The phrase, serious and foreseeable harm, regarding duty to warn replaced the phrase, clear and imminent danger.
d. Additional guidelines regarding technology established
e. Some multiple relationships deemed beneficial to client allowed
f. Counselors restricted from engaging in romantic or sexual relationship with clients for at least five years as opposed to 2 years after termination of counseling relationship
g. Protection for confidentiality of deceased clients provided
h. Ethical guidelines related to end-of-life care for terminally ill clients delineated.
i. Counselors given permission to refrain from diagnosing clients, when such an action is in the client's best interest
j. Counselors required to have a transfer plan in place for assisting clients as they transition to a new counselor
k. No longer includes the Standards of Practice document
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There are eight risks listed in the text that are present in group counseling. Which one of the following is NOT classified as one of those risks?
a. Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed. b. Safety is more difficult to maintain than in individual counseling. c. Members may say or do what they think the leader wants them to say or do. d. Members of nondominant cultural groups may be forced to conform to the values of the dominant group. e. Peer pressure makes it more likely that participants may be coerced to do or say things for which they are not ready.
The DSM-5 represents an effort to move from discreet categories of mental disorders, for which there is less supporting evidence, toward ______________________________
a. theoretical approach b. dimensional approach c. diagnostic approach d. serious approach
If a competent practitioner suggests at the end of a session that the client “pay attention to what’s happening in her (or his) life that tells her that the problem can be solved,” it is likely that the client perceives a problem and:
a. can identify exceptions but does not have well-formed goals. b. cannot identify exceptions and does not have well-formed goals. c. can identify exceptions and has well-formed goals. d. has demonstrated strong powers of observation in the interview.
What percentage of a client’s improvement has been estimated to be associated with client expectancies and the therapeutic alliance?
a. 60% b. 50% c. 45% d. 25% e. 15%