Quiz Client's Rights and Counselor Responsibilities

Question 1 1 / 1 pts Because counselors have a fiduciary relationship with their clients, counselors must: protect the best interests of their clients and not benefit inappropriately from the counselor-client relationship. ensure their client’s finances are being handled properly. ensure that clients do what is best for themselves. make arrangements for clients to be taken care of by family members or close friends if their clients can no longer care for themselves. act as the client’s guardian if the client cannot care for himself or herself. Question 2 1 / 1 pts The court cases in Bruff and Walden demonstrated that: counselors can successfully claim that their Title VII of the Civil Rights Act have been violated if they refuse to counsel LGBTQIQ clients. counselors should carefully explain each possible exception to privacy before beginning the counseling relationship. counselors with strong religious beliefs against abortion should refer clients who wish to explore whether or not to terminate a pregnancy. counselors may be terminated from their employment if they take rigid positions regarding referring out LGBTQIQ clients. counselors who work in secular community agencies should not discuss religion with clients. Question 3 1 / 1 pts Because clients may have emergencies between counseling sessions, it is usually wise for counselors to: supply clients with a voicemail number by which the counselor may be reached. avoid accepting clients for counseling who may have between session emergencies. explain to clients that any situation they are dealing with can be resolved at the next regularly scheduled counseling session. instruct clients to call a 24-hour mental health hotline number or report to a hospital emergency room. give clients their home cell phone number to text in cases of crises or emergency. Question 4 1 / 1 pts Research has shown that: the average adult client completes 6 counseling sessions no matter how many sessions are authorized by the client’s health insurance provider. counselors are generally willing to continue to counsel clients, at no cost to clients, when the clients’ insurance benefits have run out. clients very rarely drop out of counseling without giving the counselor an explanation. at least 30% of clients in counseling drop out prematurely. clients are unlikely to drop out of counseling prematurely if their counselors are warm and empathic. Question 5 1 / 1 pts It is vital for counselors to become aware of their own personal needs and values so that they: can choose a counseling specialty that allows them to get their personal needs met while providing counseling services to others. know which of their values they can encourage clients to adopt. can avoid accepting clients who hold values that are different from their own values. can avoid getting their own personal needs met through their counseling relationships. can give clients advice that is congruent with the counselor’s value system. Question 6 1 / 1 pts When clients seek counseling related to issues such as abortion, assisted suicide, interracial marriage, premarital sex, or sexual identity, counselors: must be able to rise above any personal feelings they have about such issues and have an obligation to assist all clients who come to them for services. should accept such clients for counseling only if the counselor has experienced such issues in his or her personal life and has successfully resolved them. must examine their own values regarding these issues to ensure they can provide counseling services without allowing their own beliefs to interfere. must accept such clients for counseling services even if these issues distress counselors on a personal level. should immediately refer such clients to other counselors who specialize in counseling persons with those particular concerns. Question 7 1 / 1 pts It is ethically permissible for counselors to terminate a counseling relationship for all of the following reasons EXCEPT: it is clear the client is no longer benefitting from counseling. insurance benefits for mental health care have been exhausted. agency limits do not allow services to continue. the client does not pay the fees charged. the client experiences a crisis. Question 8 1 / 1 pts Regarding counselors’ personal values, counselors: could disclose their values to a client, if it is possible to do so in a way that conveys to the client that the client’s values can be accepted or rejected without risking the relationship. could disclose their values to a client, but only if the counselor holds the same values as the client. must always avoid disclosing their own personal values to their clients. should disclose their values to clients so that clients see the counselor as genuine and authentic. should avoid discussions of values if their own values conflict with those of their clients. Question 9 1 / 1 pts All of the situations below may lead to client dependency EXCEPT: managed care programs that limit the number of counseling sessions. it is less risky for clients to maintain close relationships with counselors than with others in their lives. the belief that a counselor is effective if the client returns for counseling sessions on a regular basis. the requirement in internship that counselors in training have a minimum number of client contact hours. a counselor has a strong need to be needed by others. Question 10 1 / 1 pts When involuntary clients are required to sign documents waiving their privacy before beginning counseling sessions, counselors should carefully explain to clients the limits of their privacy within the counseling relationship. the client in these situations is the agency mandating the client into counseling, not the client himself or herself. counselors should warn clients that they should never say anything in counseling sessions that may put them in a difficult situation with the person or agency that has mandated their counseling sessions. counselors then have no responsibility to maintain the client’s privacy. counselors should refuse to counsel these clients who have been forced into counseling. Quiz Score: 10 out of 10