Scope of Practice Flashcards
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An LPCC without specialized training is asked to provide Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to a trauma client. The ethical course of action is to:
Answer: Decline until obtaining proper EMDR training, as competence is required before practice
Practicing specialized techniques like EMDR without specific training violates the competence standard and is outside the counselor's scope.
Under most state laws, which client population requires an LPCC to have additional specialized training before providing services?
Answer: Children under age 12 requiring play therapy interventions
Play therapy with young children is a specialized modality requiring additional training beyond standard LPCC preparation.
An LPCC discovers a client is also seeing a psychiatrist and a social worker. To operate within scope and best serve the client, the LPCC should:
Answer: Obtain written consent and coordinate care with the treatment team
Collaborative care coordination, with client consent, ensures comprehensive and non-duplicative services within the LPCC's scope.
Which of the following diagnoses is within the LPCC scope to diagnose and treat?
Answer: Borderline Personality Disorder with comorbid Major Depressive Disorder
Personality disorders and mood disorders are within the LPCC diagnostic and treatment scope in most states.
A client requests that their LPCC write a letter supporting a psychiatric disability determination for Social Security. This activity is:
Answer: Within scope when the LPCC has an established therapeutic relationship and documents clinical findings accurately
LPCCs may write clinical letters supporting disability claims when they are basing the letter on their documented clinical findings and established relationship.
An LPCC is approached by a business to conduct pre-employment psychological screenings using personality inventories. This is:
Answer: Outside scope in most states, as formal psychological testing for employment decisions requires a licensed psychologist
Pre-employment psychological screening using standardized inventories for high-stakes decisions typically requires a licensed psychologist, not an LPCC.
An LPCC in private practice wants to add biofeedback to their services. To do so ethically, they must first:
Answer: Obtain adequate training and supervision in biofeedback before offering the service
Competence must be established through training and supervised practice before adding any new modality, including biofeedback.