CPCE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023

CPCE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023 CPCE Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination (160 questions; top score = 136) NCE National Counselor Examination NBCC National Board for Certified Counselors FERPA Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (1974) CACREP Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act CAPTA Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act HMO Health Maintenance Organization NACAC National Association for College Admission Counseling CRC Certified Rehabilitation Counselor CRCC Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (1974) Mental Health Practitioner Person trained to treat individuals with mental heath issues and mental illnesses Psychologist Diagnoses and treats psychological, learning, and behavioral disorders in a variety of settings, including clinics, schools, hospitals, counseling centers, and private and group practice Psychiatrist Medical doctor who works with clients with severe psychological disorders Psychoanalyst Helps clients resolve psychological issues through psychoanalysis-intervention created by Freud-a long-term process that attempts to help clients remedy and alleviate their symptoms through exploring their unconscious conflicts Social Worker Characterized by their commitment to pursuing social reform and social justice, and affecting public policy Psychiatric Nurse Trained to deliver counseling services to patients with severe psychological disorders, develop nursing care programs, and (in many states) prescribe medication Marriage and Family Therapist Approaches working with individuals, couples, and families from a systems theory perspective, helping clients to develop more effective patterns of interaction with significant others and family members PFA Psychological first aid CCP Crisis counseling program AASCB American Association of State Counseling Boards (1986) ACCA American College Counseling Association (1991) ACA American Counseling Association (1952) AMHCA American Mental Health Counselors Association (1976) ARCA American Rehabilitation Counseling Association (1958) ASCA American School Counselor Association (1953) Autonomy Respect for clients' rights to make their own decisions Nonmaleficence Do no harm to clients (no physical, mental, or psychological injuries) Beneficence Being proactive in advancing the health and well-being of clients Justice Ensure all clients receive equal treatment Fidelity Facilitating trust, keeping one's word, and fulfilling any obligations made to clients Tort Legal response to harm against an individual person or property Liability Legal responsibility of the counselor to act with due care in professional practice Negligence Occurs when counselors fail to use reasonable care in carrying out their professional duties, resulting in injury to the client Malpractice Occurs when professional counselors fail to provide the standard of care expected of them based on their credentials, skills, and experience Defamation Occurs when a counselor mars someone's reputation through the intentional spreading of falsehoods Libel Defamation through writing Slander Defamation through spoken statements Duty to Warn Child and elder abuse/neglect; domestic violence; suicide/self-harm; clients who are a threat to others; background (Tarasoff case) Confidentiality Counselors' ETHICAL duty to keep client disclosures private Privileged Communication A LEGAL term that protects certain counselor-client communication in the court systems Subpoena A legal document that orders a person to appear in court to serve as a witness or to prove the court with certain documents Culture The human experience mediated by biological, psychological, historical, and political events (includes behaviors, attitudes, feelings, and cognitions related to our identities living within the world) Cultural encapsulation The counselor does not understand the client's worldview or cultural identity and thus fails to integrate this information in practice Multicultural counseling The integration of cultural identities within the counseling process Cultural identity The degree to which individuals identify belonging to subgroups of various cultural groups or categories Tripartite model of multicultural counseling Involves 3 components: awareness, knowledge, and skills MCCs Multicultural counseling competencies Etic perspective Viewing clients from a universal perspective Emic perspective Using counseling approaches that are specific to a client's culture High-context communication Individuals relaying messages by relying heavily on surroundings (many things can be left unsaid) Low-context communication Individuals communicating primarily verbally to express thoughts and feelings Paralanguage Verbal cues other than words (volume, tempo, prolongation of sound, etc.) Kinesics Postures, body movements, and positions Chronemics How individuals conceptualize and act toward time Monochromic time An orientation toward time in a linear fashion (use of schedules, advanced planning of activities) Polychromic time The value of time as secondary to relationships among people Proxemics The use of persona physical distance (four interpersonal distance "zones": 1. intimate distance (0-18inches); 2. personal distance (18inches-4ft); 3. social distance (4-12ft); 4. public distance (12ft or more) Acculturation The process in which an individual (usually an immigrant) makes sense of a host culture's value system in relation to his or her own Locus of responsibility What system is accountable for things that happen to individuals Locus of control The degree of control individuals perceive they have over their environment Resilience A person's ability to maintain equilibrium, adjust to distressful or disturbing circumstances, or to bounce back toward a level of positive functioning in spite of adverse situations Race Describes how groups of people are thought to be identified by physical characteristics such as skin color, facial features, hair texture, or eye shape Ethnicity A person's identification with a group of people who have a similar social or cultural background Socioeconomic Status (SES) Individuals in each SES can have a different worldview, conceptions of problems, perceptions of themselves, and needs to be met Wealth Refers to a surplus of social, educational, and/or economic resources Generational poverty Poverty has been a factor in numerous generations Situational poverty Occurs when the lack of resources is due to an extenuating circumstance (divorce, unexpected unemployment, or a death)