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NCE Exam: Professional Orientation and Ethics, Top exam questions (Answered), rated A+ Informed Consent should include: - -a verbal and written review with the clt addressing: - the purpose of therapy, goals, techniques, procedures, limitations, potential risks & benefits of therapy, counselo...

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NCE Exam: Professional Orientation and
Ethics, Top exam questions (Answered),
rated A+

Informed Consent should include: - ✔✔-a verbal and written review with the clt addressing:

- the purpose of therapy, goals, techniques, procedures, limitations, potential risks & benefits of
therapy, counselor's qualifications/credentials, relevant experience, approach to counseling,
continuation of services upon incapacitation/death of counselor, role of technology, info about
billing/fees (incl. nonpayment), and explanation of confidentiality & its limits (abuse/neglect, SI/HI, and
group settings)



Fidelity - ✔✔-According to ACA, "honoring commitments and keeping promises, including fulfilling one's
responsibilities of trust in professional relationships"



Veracity - ✔✔-According to ACA, "dealing truthfully with individuals with whom counselors come into
professional contact"



Justice - ✔✔-According to ACA, "treating individuals equitably & fostering fairness and equality"

* means the counselor will treat all members fairly

(usually applied in group situations)



Beneficence - ✔✔-According to ACA, "working for the good of the individual & society by promoting
mental health & well-being"

* the counselor is working for the good of the

client/group



Libel - ✔✔-Written information that can be damaging to a client's reputation (example of defamation)



Slander - ✔✔-Verbal remarks which can be damaging to a client's reputation (example of defamation)

,Defamation - ✔✔-Describes behavior that can damage one's reputation (libel v. slander)



ex) the communication was untrue, the counselor knew/should've known the statement was untrue &
the communication caused some injury to the clt (re: clinical notes/verbal consultation -> avoid bias,
broad characterizations, avoid impulsive communication)



Tarasoff v. the Board of Regents of the University of California - ✔✔-A professional helper has a "duty to
warn" a person of serious and foreseeable harm to him- or herself or to others.

* ex) HI/SI w plan

ex2) terminally ill clt with plan to end life



Exceptions to maintaining confidentiality: - ✔✔-1. Clt is danger to self or others.

2. Clt requests release of information

3. A court orders a release of information

4. The counselor is engaged in a systematic supervision process.

5. Clerical assistants who process clt info & papers.

6. Legal and clinical consultation situations.

7. Clt raises the issue of the counselor's competence in a malpractice suit.

8. Clt is less than 18 y/o (parent can known upon req)

9. Elderly/child abuse/neglect reported

10. Insurance company/managed care company requests a diagnosis and/or relevant clinical
information



Nonmaleficence - ✔✔-According to ACA, "avoiding actions that cause harm"

* Means the counselor will do no harm to clt



Autonomy - ✔✔-According to ACA, "fostering the right to control the direction of one's life" (counselors
aim to promote this during therapeutic relationship/course)

, What does it mean when we say privileged communication is "qualified" - ✔✔-When using this term to
describe privileged communication, it means that exceptions may exist:

- child abuse/neglect/exploitation

- SI/HI

- criminal intentions

- need of hospitalization

- counselor victim of malpractice

- minor/mentally incompetent (dd)



If your state does not legally support privileged communication and you refuse to testify in court: - ✔✔-
You could be held in contempt of court



If you receive a subpoena for your clt's records from a court, should you hand over your
documentation? - ✔✔-NO!!!



UNLESS, the subpoena is accompanied by a written order issued by a judge, authorizing the disclosure of
the records or issuance of the subpoena.



Privileged communication - ✔✔-anything said to a counselor from the clt will not be divulged outside
the counseling setting w/o the client's permission

* a legal term different from confidentiality

* implied that a therapeutic interaction (verbal/written) will not be available for public inspection



THE CLIENT IS THE HOLDER OF THE PRIVILEGE



When is privileged communication not applicable? - ✔✔-- child abuse/neglect/exploitation

- SI/HI

- criminal intentions (present)

- need of hospitalization

- counselor becomes victim of malpractice suit

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