LPC Fundamentals of Counseling 4

Question 1

The term 'dual relationship' in counseling ethics refers to:

Accepted Answer

Having a professional role and a secondary relationship with a client simultaneously

Answer

A dual relationship occurs when a counselor holds a professional role alongside another type of relationship (social, business, romantic) with the same client.

Question 2

According to Albert Ellis's REBT, psychological disturbance is primarily caused by:

Accepted Answer

Irrational beliefs about events and circumstances

Answer

REBT holds that it is not external events (A) but irrational beliefs (B) about those events that cause emotional and behavioral consequences (C).

Question 3

A counselor notices a pattern of feeling personally responsible when clients do not improve. This is most likely an example of:

Accepted Answer

Countertransference

Answer

Over-responsibility for client outcomes reflects countertransference—the counselor's own unresolved issues affecting their response to the therapeutic relationship.

Question 4

In systems theory, the concept of 'homeostasis' refers to a family's tendency to:

Accepted Answer

Maintain stable, familiar patterns of interaction even when dysfunctional

Answer

Homeostasis describes a family system's drive to maintain its equilibrium and familiar interactional patterns, even when those patterns are unhealthy.

Question 5

The Tarasoff decision established that counselors have a duty to:

Accepted Answer

Warn identifiable third parties of credible threats made by clients

Answer

The 1976 Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California ruling created the duty-to-warn/protect doctrine for identifiable potential victims.

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LPC Fundamentals of Counseling 4