- National Clinical Mental Health Counseling Examination Professional Practice and Ethics Flashcards
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A counselor inherits a caseload from a colleague who left the agency unexpectedly. Several clients have incomplete or poorly maintained clinical records. What is the new counselor's FIRST ethical priority?
Answer: Conduct thorough assessments with each client to establish current baselines
The immediate ethical priority is to ensure current client safety and clinical accuracy by conducting fresh assessments.
A counselor provides telehealth services to a client who has relocated to a different state. Which ethical and legal concern is MOST critical to address?
Answer: Whether the counselor is licensed in the client's new state
Practicing counseling in a state where you are not licensed constitutes practicing without a license, regardless of the modality used.
A counselor realizes mid-session that they have a dual relationship with a new client, as the client is also their child's teacher. What is the MOST appropriate immediate action?
Answer: Disclose the dual relationship and discuss it with the client to determine if they can proceed
Immediately disclosing the dual relationship and collaboratively discussing whether counseling can proceed ethically respects both transparency and client autonomy.
A supervisee discloses during clinical supervision that they are sexually attracted to a client. What is the supervisor's MOST appropriate response?
Answer: Normalize the experience and explore it within supervision
Sexual attraction to clients is a normal human experience that should be explored in supervision to ensure it does not adversely affect clinical work.
When obtaining informed consent for group therapy, which element is UNIQUE to group therapy that does not apply to individual therapy consent?
Answer: The counselor's inability to guarantee confidentiality among group members
In group therapy, the counselor cannot guarantee that other group members will maintain confidentiality, which is a unique risk that must be disclosed.
A counselor is considering using a new evidence-based treatment approach that they have read about but have not received formal training in. According to ethical practice standards, what should the counselor do?
Answer: Obtain appropriate training and supervision before implementing the approach
ACA Ethics Code requires practicing within the boundaries of competence, which means obtaining proper training and supervision before implementing new approaches.