MFT LAW AND ETHICS PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
All of the following are true about Standard of Care in the field of mental heath
EXCEPT:
A. It is the standard of perfection.
B. It is a legal concept.
C. It is continually changing.
D. It is derived from legal-professional-communal principles. - ANSWER A.
It is the standard of perfection.
A licensed therapist is also a certified public accountant. In her therapy practice
the therapist is treating a woman with depression and anxiety who has failed to
pay her taxes the past two years. One of her goals is to pay her back taxes. The
client asks to bring her tax information to the next session to have the therapist
help her figure it out. The therapist should:
A. Agree as long as the client would benefit from the assistance.
B. Agree because it is within her scope of practice.
C. Refuse because it is outside of her scope of competence.
D. Refuse because it is outside of her scope of practice. - ANSWER D. Refuse
because it is outside of her scope of practice.
A new client comes in for alcohol addiction and depression following a break-
up with a therapist in private practice who specializes in relationship issues. The
therapist agrees to see the client despite having limited training in substance use
treatment. The behavior of the therapist is:
A. Illegal because the therapist working outside his scope of practice.
, B. Illegal because the therapist is working outside his scope of competence.
C. Unethical because the therapist is working outside his scope of practice.
D. Unethical because the therapist is working outside his scope of competence. -
ANSWER D. Unethical because the therapist is working outside his scope of
competence.
A therapist should respect a client's autonomy in all of the following situations
except:
A. When the client is likely to harm himself.
B. When the client is in a domestic violence relationship.
C. When the therapist knows that a client's decision is going to cause the client
additional problems.
D. When the client is gambling excessively despite lacking money for housing.
- ANSWER A. When the client is in danger of harming himself.
B. A therapist is contacted by an adult patient who has suicidal ideation and a
plan. - ANSWER Which of the following situations would NOT the therapist
be required to have informed consent prior to the initiation of therapy?
A.The therapist was seeing a couple and starts to see the husband for individual
therapy.
B. An adult patient contacts a therapist who has suicidal ideation and a plan.
C. A therapist is contacted by a former client from the therapist's internship site.
D. A therapist offers a 6 session premarital counseling package.
A. call the police and inform them of the name of the client. - ANSWER A
therapist comes into his office and discovers that a client has broken in and is
going through his files. The therapist should:
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
All of the following are true about Standard of Care in the field of mental heath
EXCEPT:
A. It is the standard of perfection.
B. It is a legal concept.
C. It is continually changing.
D. It is derived from legal-professional-communal principles. - ANSWER A.
It is the standard of perfection.
A licensed therapist is also a certified public accountant. In her therapy practice
the therapist is treating a woman with depression and anxiety who has failed to
pay her taxes the past two years. One of her goals is to pay her back taxes. The
client asks to bring her tax information to the next session to have the therapist
help her figure it out. The therapist should:
A. Agree as long as the client would benefit from the assistance.
B. Agree because it is within her scope of practice.
C. Refuse because it is outside of her scope of competence.
D. Refuse because it is outside of her scope of practice. - ANSWER D. Refuse
because it is outside of her scope of practice.
A new client comes in for alcohol addiction and depression following a break-
up with a therapist in private practice who specializes in relationship issues. The
therapist agrees to see the client despite having limited training in substance use
treatment. The behavior of the therapist is:
A. Illegal because the therapist working outside his scope of practice.
, B. Illegal because the therapist is working outside his scope of competence.
C. Unethical because the therapist is working outside his scope of practice.
D. Unethical because the therapist is working outside his scope of competence. -
ANSWER D. Unethical because the therapist is working outside his scope of
competence.
A therapist should respect a client's autonomy in all of the following situations
except:
A. When the client is likely to harm himself.
B. When the client is in a domestic violence relationship.
C. When the therapist knows that a client's decision is going to cause the client
additional problems.
D. When the client is gambling excessively despite lacking money for housing.
- ANSWER A. When the client is in danger of harming himself.
B. A therapist is contacted by an adult patient who has suicidal ideation and a
plan. - ANSWER Which of the following situations would NOT the therapist
be required to have informed consent prior to the initiation of therapy?
A.The therapist was seeing a couple and starts to see the husband for individual
therapy.
B. An adult patient contacts a therapist who has suicidal ideation and a plan.
C. A therapist is contacted by a former client from the therapist's internship site.
D. A therapist offers a 6 session premarital counseling package.
A. call the police and inform them of the name of the client. - ANSWER A
therapist comes into his office and discovers that a client has broken in and is
going through his files. The therapist should:
