2023 CPCE Exam Already Solved (Graded A)

When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically required to - ANSWER Inform the patient of the limits of confidentiality As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to - ANSWER jointly decide, between patient and counselor, how the counseling process will proceed A client arrives for counseling with the presenting complaint of relationship difficulties. She goes on to describe that she has had multiple abortions, and seems to use abortion as a birth control method. You are personally opposed to abortion. How should your personal beliefs impact the therapeutic relationship? - ANSWER Your personal belief system should not have any bearing on the therapeutic relationship You have been involved in a counseling relationship with a client for six months, when he presents you with a small gift. What should you do? - ANSWER Accept or decline depending on the circumstances You are court-ordered to disclose confidential information about a client you are counseling. What do you do? - ANSWER Limit, as much as possible, any possibly damaging personal information and obtain written permission from your client to share confidential information What should you do if your client requests to see his confidential file? - ANSWER Accept or decline depending upon circumstances You are a counselor with several clients, and at the same time you are adjusting to a difficult divorce. You aren't sleeping or eating well, find you are highly distractible, and generally are less in-touch with your emotional state. You should... - ANSWER Be alert to your mental status, and be able to determine if continuing with your clients poses any threat of being detrimental to the counseling process A former client of yours has been arrested for a crime. As his former counselor, you are called to perform a forensic evaluation. What is your responsibility in this case? - ANSWER It is not considered ethical to perform a forensic evaluation on a current or past client, so you should decline You are the supervisor for a new counselor, and are asked to attend her wedding. Would it be ethical to do so? - ANSWER Yes, you should be able to attend her wedding without a breach of ethics While involved with a research study, you learn that several of your students are using confidential material in an unethical manner. You had no prior knowledge of this, and all of your safeguards for professional practice were appropriate. Are you, as the principal researcher, responsible for the student's behavior - ANSWER Yes, you are ultimately responsible When publishing research, it is important to - ANSWER Give credit to other contributors or sources, not plagiarize, and submit material to only one journal at a time When a conflict arises between the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics and a governing authority, which takes precedence? - ANSWER Ultimately the law may be adhered to over the Code of Ethics An ethics violation should NOT be reported when - ANSWER A counselor has been retained to review another counselor who is in question; and when confidentiality rights would be violated What does multicultural/diversity counseling refer to? - ANSWER Counseling that recognizes diversity and approaches beneficial to specific groups and an approach that all counselors should ethically be aware of Most ethical issues are related to - ANSWER Confidentiality Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers the entire lifespan. Who is he? - ANSWER Erik Erikson The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? - ANSWER Sigmund Freud What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages - ANSWER Formal Operations Identity Crisis - ANSWER Erik Erikson Positive Psychology - ANSWER processes that contribute to optimal functioning/ not focusing on abnormalities Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud - ANSWER Oral Fixation Most mental health professionals believe - ANSWER no one theory of development completely explains the process John Bowlby - ANSWER Attachment Theory Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality - ANSWER Pre-conventional, Conventional, and post-conventional Female version of Freud's Oedipus complex - ANSWER Electra Complex Researcher known for Rhesus Monkeys - ANSWER Harry Harlow Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - ANSWER Theory of human motivation - psychological, safety, love, affection, belongingness Down Syndrome - ANSWER Chromosomal abnormality John Watson - ANSWER Little Albert experiment Albert Bandura's best-known research - ANSWER Bobo Doll study What did Lev Vygotsky stress in his development theory? - ANSWER Cultural Context and language Freudian Defense Mechanism - ANSWER Repression Imprinting - ANSWER Konrad Lorenz Incorporating several therapeutic theories in your work - ANSWER eclectic Complaining of feeling restless, mood swings, times of hopelessness, periods of high energy and creativity in which she can go days without sleep - ANSWER Bipolar Client presents with his wife both complaining the patient has had a change in cognitive function including language and memory. Client denies loss of pleasure in normal activities and denies feeling sad, but client is able to manage his medications but requires someone to set up his medication box and set a timer for him. - ANSWER Neurocognitive Disorder Disorder of thought; disorder of mood - ANSWER Schizophrenia; bipolar disorder Mirroring back client's verbalizations, and not passing judgment. Facilitating in assisting his client in reaching resolution of the presenting problems. - ANSWER Rogerian, client-centered therapy Binge eating coupled with inappropriate methods of controlling one's weight may be a symptom of - ANSWER Bulimia Concerns of his health; reports chronic intestinal difficulties, but has not sought medical treatment for his concerns. For the last five years he rarely feels at ease while at his job. Feels uneasy when outside the home - ANSWER Agoraphobia loss of appetite; nervousness, and recurrent nightmares of a past hospital experience from years prior, where she says she almost died - ANSWER PTSD