A local industry calls you to consult with them about the motivational and morale problems of their employees. You are trained and have a credential in school counseling but have a strong background in psychology. With your knowledge and training you believe you can help the organization. What option would be best?
A) Accept the consultation assignment.
B) Decline the consultation assignment since you are primarily a school counselor.
C) Advise the industry until you feel that this assignment is beyond your competence.
D) Review your credentials with a colleague or credentialing board and obtain their advice.
Q. 2You hold strong beliefs/opinions against homosexuality, and you are a counselor for a group of young men, one of whom is a homosexual. What do you do?
A) Let the homosexual man know about your beliefs, and kindly tell him that he can't be included in the counseling group for these reasons.
B) Allow the man to stay in the counseling group, but be up front with the group by letting your opinions be well known to him and to the others.
C) Resign from this job, but search for another job where you will not be counseling a homosexual person.
D) Resign from this job, and seek help to resolve the conflict between the nondiscriminatory counseling philosophy and your discriminatory beliefs.
Q. 3As a counselor, you receive a referral for a child who is the daughter of your husband's bowling teammate. What do you do?
A) Accept the referral and work with the child.
B) Accept the referral and work with the child, even offering a friendly discount for services.
C) Do not accept the referral because you don't want to risk a co-occuring relationship that could impair your professional judgment.
D) Let your husband decide what you should do; do not take the referral if he is not completely comfortable with the situation.
Q. 4Exceptions to the privileged communication right in which professionals must disclose information include
A) a 13-year-old client is considered to be dangerous to self or others.
B) a 19-year-old client has a gun at home.
C) a 23-year-old client is a victim of domestic abuse.
D) a 16-year-old client has confessed to taking illegal drugs.
Q. 5The files of clients who are children
A) may not be seen by anyone, even the client.
B) are no longer personal files if typed by a personal secretary.
C) are not accessible to parents.
D) are protected by law.
Q. 6To safeguard against confidentiality becoming a possible ethical or legal problem, counselors should
A) inform the child about the limits
B) tell the principal about problem situations immediately
C) avoid writing reports
D) rely on their instincts
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