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WorksheetsEthics in counseling psychology
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 5mins
Competencies built from:
Education
Training
Supervised experience & State and national professional credentials
All of the above
1. How do we differentiate a competent psychologist from a novice psychologist?
With a relevant degree
>Obtaining a practising license
>Becoming a member of the professional association
All of the 3 mentioned before
To be considered as a competent psychologist, we must master the “_______” and “__________” aspects of being a psychologist
Provide the definition of the below 3 items:
1. Professional ability to emotionally contain and tolerate emerging issues and challenges in their work
2. The acquisition of necessary knowledge, skills, abilities and values to protect and to effectively and ethically serve clients.
3. The acquisition of knowledge based on empirical research and sound clinical scholarship regarding practice with a particular client population
Professional competence is a multidimensional construct, which involves several dimensions or factors (knowledge, skills, abilities and values) as the constituents of the construct. Which of the below is the MOST important in maintaining professional competency?
Continuing professional development & Obtain Licensure
Relate effectively and meaningfully with individuals, groups, and/or communities
Reflective practice/self-assessment/self-care of the client
Relate effectively and meaningfully with individuals, groups, and/or communities
In clinical supervision, several aspects have legal complications. Which of the below is NOT the complication?
Due Process
Supervisor competence
Collection of fee
Informed Consent
Supervisors should not shun opportunities to supervise because of fears of liability. Rather, the informed, conscientious supervisor is protected by knowledge of ethical standards and a process that allows standards to be met consistently. The sentence above decribed:
Liability
Consultation
Supervision
Self-assessment
There are three safeguards for the supervisor regarding liability. Which of the below is not one of the three?
Continue to work with supervisors and follow their guidelines
Consultation with trusted and credentialed colleagues when questions arise
Documentation of both counseling and supervision, remembering that courts often follow the principle “What has not been written has not been done”
Continuing education, especially in terms of current professional opinion regarding ethical and legal dilemmas
As part of the mandate of competence, the supervisor must determine not only if the supervisee has the knowledge and skill to be a good counselor, but if he or she is personally ready to take on clinical responsibility (Kurpius, Gibson, Lewis, & Corbet, 1991). The issue of personal readiness can lead the supervisor to blur the roles of supervisor and therapist in an attempt to keep the supervisee functional as a counselor. This is problematic for two reasons:
it compromises the objectivity of the supervisor, especially in terms of evaluation
It may allow an impaired counselor to continue to practice at the risk of present and future clients
It may allow an impaired counselor to continue to learn and practice
The claims for the services maybe declined by the insurance
First, the supervisor needs to know everything, and more, than is expected of the supervisee. Secondly, the supervisor must be expert in the process of supervision. It is not enough that clients are protected as a result of supervision; the contract between supervisor and supervisee dictates that supervision must ultimately result in better counseling skills for the supervisee. In order to accomplish this, it is generally accepted that the supervisor receive training in performance of supervision as well as supervision of supervision.
The contract between supervisor and supervisee dictates that supervision must ultimately result in better counseling skills for the supervisee.
The supervisor needs to know everything, and more, than is expected of the supervisee.
The supervisor must be expert in the process of supervision.
The supervisor receive training in performance of supervision as well as supervision in an area outside of his/her scope
By definition, a supervisee is a person who is not yet ready to practice independently.
Is this statement correct/false?
Tu
False
The supervisor’s tightrope: providing experiences that will stretch the counselor’s ability without putting the client in danger or offering substandard care. Therefore, the supervisor continually decides if the supervisee is good enough on a consistent basis to work with any particular client.
Which of two selections below are related to the statement above?
Counselors must be challenged in order to become more expert.
Whenever a close call must be made, supervisors must remember that their obligation is to the client, the public, the profession, and the supervisee — in that order
Competence is an increasingly complex issue as mental health and supervision have become more sophisticated enterprises
Any dual relationship is problematic if it increases the potential for exploitation or impairs professional objectivity
