Question 1

Empathy fatigue is common in professionals who:

Accepted Answer

A)  practice self-care techniques. 
B)  work in administrative positions and do not treat individuals. 
C)  treat clients without empathy and rarely care about client outcomes. 
D)  treat survivors of stressful and traumatic events; treat people with mood,anxiety,and stress-related disorders; and work in vocational settings with people with mental and physical disabilities. 
A)  practice self-care techniques. 
B)  work in administrative positions and do not treat individuals. 
C)  treat clients without empathy and rarely care about client outcomes. 
D)  treat survivors of stressful and traumatic events; treat people with mood,anxiety,and stress-related disorders; and work in vocational settings with people with mental and physical disabilities.

Question 2

Martina has been working at a crisis intervention center for three years and is starting to have nightmares about her work.Despite having a strong work ethic,she dreads her job because she feels burdened by the lack of power she has in making decisions pertaining to the treatment of her clients.Martina is experiencing:

Accepted Answer

A)  burnout. 
B)  institutional countertransference. 
C)  institutional transference. 
D)  the precursor to mental illness. 
A)  burnout. 
B)  institutional countertransference. 
C)  institutional transference. 
D)  the precursor to mental illness.

Question 3

__________ involves being able to enter the client's world without getting lost in that world.

Accepted Answer

A)  Transference 
B)  Empathy balance 
C)  Empathy fatigue 
D)  Countertransference 
A)  Transference 
B)  Empathy balance 
C)  Empathy fatigue 
D)  Countertransference

Question 4

Tanya seems to meet some of her personal needs through counseling her clients.This is:

Accepted Answer

A)  a win/win situation for Tanya and her clients since it is always a sign of being highly invested in the process when counselors meet their own personal needs through their work. 
B)  acceptable as long as these needs do not assume priority or get in the way of her clients' growth. 
C)  never acceptable under any circumstances. 
D)  illegal in 42 states. 
A)  a win/win situation for Tanya and her clients since it is always a sign of being highly invested in the process when counselors meet their own personal needs through their work. 
B)  acceptable as long as these needs do not assume priority or get in the way of her clients' growth. 
C)  never acceptable under any circumstances. 
D)  illegal in 42 states.

Question 5

An ethical obligation that provides a major link between ethics and self-care is:

Accepted Answer

A)  competence. 
B)  countertransference. 
C)  the therapeutic relationship. 
D)  personal therapy. 
A)  competence. 
B)  countertransference. 
C)  the therapeutic relationship. 
D)  personal therapy.

Question 6

The authors state that,in many ways,therapeutic encounters serve as mirrors in which therapists can see their own lives reflected.As a result:

Accepted Answer

A)  therapy can become a catalyst for change in the therapist as well as in the client. 
B)  many therapists become narcissistic. 
C)  therapists tend to commit ethical violations stemming from blurred boundaries. 
D)  the therapist cannot experience change. 
A)  therapy can become a catalyst for change in the therapist as well as in the client. 
B)  many therapists become narcissistic. 
C)  therapists tend to commit ethical violations stemming from blurred boundaries. 
D)  the therapist cannot experience change.

Question 7

Joanne finds herself wanting to solve her client's problems,which are similar to the issues her daughter is going through.Joanne gives advice and feels frustrated when her client won't follow through on her suggestions.Her emotional reactions to her client,which involve her own projections,is based on:

Accepted Answer

A)  transference. 
B)  nurturance. 
C)  countertransference. 
D)  caretaking. 
A)  transference. 
B)  nurturance. 
C)  countertransference. 
D)  caretaking.

Question 8

Rhonda is a counselor at a drug and alcohol treatment center.She grew up in an alcoholic home and is not fully aware of the "unfinished business" she has with her parents.She is still angry and resents her parents for having to grow up in an alcoholic family system.It is most likely that Rhonda will:

Accepted Answer

A)  be able to understand her addicted clients through her own childhood experiences. 
B)  examine her unresolved conflicts as she continues to work in the treatment center. 
C)  obstruct the progress of her clients as they attempt to move toward recovery. 
D)  feel comfortable with her clients because she is familiar with their behavior. 
A)  be able to understand her addicted clients through her own childhood experiences. 
B)  examine her unresolved conflicts as she continues to work in the treatment center. 
C)  obstruct the progress of her clients as they attempt to move toward recovery. 
D)  feel comfortable with her clients because she is familiar with their behavior.

Question 9

Some sources of counselor stress include all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  a stressful work environment. 
B)  practicing mindfulness. 
C)  the stress that clients experience and talk about in therapy. 
D)  working in managed care and educational systems. 
A)  a stressful work environment. 
B)  practicing mindfulness. 
C)  the stress that clients experience and talk about in therapy. 
D)  working in managed care and educational systems.

Question 10

Sexual or romantic feelings toward a client:

Accepted Answer

A)  are the result of seductive behavior on the part of the client and need to be ignored. 
B)  are an indicator that the client needs to be referred to another counselor. 
C)  are unethical,counter-therapeutic,and also illegal in many states. 
D)  do not necessarily mean that the counselor cannot effectively work with the client. 
A)  are the result of seductive behavior on the part of the client and need to be ignored. 
B)  are an indicator that the client needs to be referred to another counselor. 
C)  are unethical,counter-therapeutic,and also illegal in many states. 
D)  do not necessarily mean that the counselor cannot effectively work with the client.

Empathy fatigue is common in professionals who:

__________ involves being able to enter the client's world without getting lost in that world.

Tanya seems to meet some of her personal needs through counseling her clients.This is:

An ethical obligation that provides a major link between ethics and self-care is:

The authors state that,in many ways,therapeutic encounters serve as mirrors in which therapists can see their own lives reflected.As a result:

Some sources of counselor stress include all of the following EXCEPT:

Sexual or romantic feelings toward a client:

Introduction to Professional Ethics

Values and the Helping Relationship

Multicultural Perspectives and Diversity Issues

Client Rights and Counselor Responsibilities

Confidentiality: Ethical and Legal Issues

Managing Boundaries and Multiple Relationships

Professional Competence and Training

Ethical Issues in Supervision

Issues in Theory and Practice

Ethical Issues in Couples and Family Therapy

Ethical Issues in Group Work

Community and Social Justice Perspectives

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Exam 2: The Counselor As a Person and As a Professional

Empathy fatigue is common in professionals who:

__________ involves being able to enter the client's world without getting lost in that world.

Tanya seems to meet some of her personal needs through counseling her clients.This is:

An ethical obligation that provides a major link between ethics and self-care is:

The authors state that,in many ways,therapeutic encounters serve as mirrors in which therapists can see their own lives reflected.As a result:

Some sources of counselor stress include all of the following EXCEPT:

Sexual or romantic feelings toward a client:

Introduction to Professional Ethics

Values and the Helping Relationship

Multicultural Perspectives and Diversity Issues

Client Rights and Counselor Responsibilities

Confidentiality: Ethical and Legal Issues

Managing Boundaries and Multiple Relationships

Professional Competence and Training

Ethical Issues in Supervision

Issues in Theory and Practice

Ethical Issues in Couples and Family Therapy

Ethical Issues in Group Work

Community and Social Justice Perspectives

Filters