Mary is seeking abortion counseling from a practitioner who has been actively involved in the pro-life movement. The therapist has extreme discomfort with Mary's values and doesn't think he could maintain objectivity. It would be best if he:
a. doesn't share his values with Mary and work within the value system of his client.
b. help Mary understand his values so she can make a different decision concerning her pregnancy.
c. not refer Mary, but work within the client's values rather than his own. If he cannot obtain objectivity, he willneed supervision to work through his issues. Referring Mary to another therapist for this reason could bedetermined as abandonment.
d. set firm boundaries with Mary on what she can discuss in regards to her pregnancy.
With respect to values in the counseling process, the authors contend that:
a. it is important that counselors clarify their values and the ways in which they enter the therapeutic process.
b. counselors can avoid communicating values to their clients by not explicitly sharing them.
c. it is best to keep values hidden so they won't contaminate their client's choices.
d. their job is to help clients conform to socially acceptable standards.
Self-compassion involves:
a. searching for positive life experiences.
b. a basic component of many counseling programs, providing students with the opportunity to share their values.
c. developing attitudes of caring, being nonjudgmental, being accepting, and being kind to ourselves.
d. rejecting clients.
An ethical obligation that provides a major link between ethics and self-care is:
a. competence.
b. countertransference.
c. the therapeutic relationship.
d. personal therapy.
Ongoing problems associated with the work of helping professionals include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. stress.
b. burnout.
c. vicarious traumatization.
d. self-care.
The presence of chronic illness or severe psychological depletion that is likely to prevent a professional from being able to deliver effective services and results in consistently functioning below acceptable practice standards is called:
a. empathy fatigue.
b. burnout.
c. impairment.
d. client dependence.
Some sources of counselor stress include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. a stressful work environment.
b. practicing mindfulness.
c. the stress that clients experience and talk about in therapy.
d. working in managed care and educational systems.
Ongoing self-care is an essential part of a therapist's professional competence and:
a. legal requirements.
b. personal wellness program.
c. social justice.
d. client autonomy.
Informing students prior to entering a training program that self-exploration will be part of their training:
a. more than satisfies the requirement for informed consent.
b. only minimally satisfies the requirement for informed consent.
c. has little to do with informed consent.
d. is a scare tactic that many programs use to screen out prospective students who are not serious candidates.
Cathy is an eating disorders specialist who has a past history of bulimia. Given her personal experiences with dysfunctional eating patterns, Cathy:
a. can draw upon her life experiences in her work as a counselor.
b. should abandon her specialization and choose a new area to specialize in so as to practice ethically.
c. should assume that her clients developed their dysfunctional eating patterns for the same reasons that shedeveloped bulimia.
d. should be very open with her clients about her struggles with bulimia and tell them her own stories to makethem feel more comfortable.
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