Ethics Ch 12
Family counselors often view the family system as their client and treat the family as one entity
as opposed to treating individual family members and our laws:
a. favor the rights of families, as a whole, over the rights of individual family members.
b. support family counselors by also viewing the family system as one entity.
c. create a "fiction" that a family is a person under the law.
d. view family members as having separate and distinct rights and responsibilities that are
individual in nature.
e. do not recognize that families exist in our society - ANS-d. view family members as having
separate and distinct rights and responsibilities that are individual in nature.
If a counselor wants a person other than a biological parent or legal guardian (such as a
step-parent or grandparent) to have confidential information regarding a minor client, a simple
solution is to:
a. tell the step-parent or grandparent to go to court and get a court order giving them access to
the information.
b. get a signed statement from the step-parent or grandparent that they will not reveal the
information to anyone else once it is given to them.
c. get a signed statement from the minor client, allowing the counselor to disclose information to
the step-parent or grandparent.
d. get a signed statement from one of the biological parents or legal guardians, allowing the
counselor to disclose information to the step-parent or grandparent.
e. ask the step-parent or grandparent to prove the child is living with them, and then it is
acceptable to give them access to confidential information regarding the child. - ANS-d. get a
signed statement from one of the biological parents or legal guardians, allowing the counselor to
disclose information to the step-parent or grandparent.
A family counselor who uses paradoxical directives or interventions could get into trouble,
because clients who follow their prescriptions for behavior may be:
a. confused.
b. harmed.
c. engaging in illegal activities.
d. suspicious of the counselor's motives.
e. distracted - ANS-b. harmed
When married couples divorce,
a. almost all states allow joint custody and in a few state courts, joint custody is the preferred
arrangement; while in some other state courts, joint custody is avoided if possible.
b. all states prefer joint custody.
c. joint custody is preferred by judges in all state courts except for Montana.
Family counselors often view the family system as their client and treat the family as one entity
as opposed to treating individual family members and our laws:
a. favor the rights of families, as a whole, over the rights of individual family members.
b. support family counselors by also viewing the family system as one entity.
c. create a "fiction" that a family is a person under the law.
d. view family members as having separate and distinct rights and responsibilities that are
individual in nature.
e. do not recognize that families exist in our society - ANS-d. view family members as having
separate and distinct rights and responsibilities that are individual in nature.
If a counselor wants a person other than a biological parent or legal guardian (such as a
step-parent or grandparent) to have confidential information regarding a minor client, a simple
solution is to:
a. tell the step-parent or grandparent to go to court and get a court order giving them access to
the information.
b. get a signed statement from the step-parent or grandparent that they will not reveal the
information to anyone else once it is given to them.
c. get a signed statement from the minor client, allowing the counselor to disclose information to
the step-parent or grandparent.
d. get a signed statement from one of the biological parents or legal guardians, allowing the
counselor to disclose information to the step-parent or grandparent.
e. ask the step-parent or grandparent to prove the child is living with them, and then it is
acceptable to give them access to confidential information regarding the child. - ANS-d. get a
signed statement from one of the biological parents or legal guardians, allowing the counselor to
disclose information to the step-parent or grandparent.
A family counselor who uses paradoxical directives or interventions could get into trouble,
because clients who follow their prescriptions for behavior may be:
a. confused.
b. harmed.
c. engaging in illegal activities.
d. suspicious of the counselor's motives.
e. distracted - ANS-b. harmed
When married couples divorce,
a. almost all states allow joint custody and in a few state courts, joint custody is the preferred
arrangement; while in some other state courts, joint custody is avoided if possible.
b. all states prefer joint custody.
c. joint custody is preferred by judges in all state courts except for Montana.
