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PSYC 388 - Pt. 1 Questions and Verified
Answers
Q: What does non-maleficence mean?
ANS: do no harm
Q:
when conflicts arise between employer and client, what does a counsellor do?
ANS: Protect rights of client
Q:
What are Ethics?
ANS: Rules or principles which govern right conduct
Q:
Guidance deals with _____
While Counselling deals with _____
ANS: guidance = choice
Counselling = Change
Q:
STIPS stands for:
ANS: S = signs/symptoms
T = Topics of discussion
I =intervention
P = Progress/plan
S = Special issues
Q:
what are situations when a counsellor can break confidentiality
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ANS: Harm to self/suicide
Harm to others
Child abuse
Q:
in 2009, which province began process of self-regulating counsellors?
ANS: NS
Q:
The Counselling Psychology section was formed in the Canadian Psychology Association
in 1986, why was this important?
ANS: Formally differentiated counselling from psychological professions
Q:
which level of court do counsellors most often participate in
ANS: Provincial/territorial
Q:
What are the shared elements of culture?
ANS: Learned experiences,
Beliefs
Values
Q:
In what ways must counsellors be sensitive to cultures?
ANS: 1) knowledge of wolrdview's of differently cultured clients
2) Skills for working with culturally different clients
3) awareness of one's own worldview
Q:
Qualities of effective counsellors
PSYC 388 - Pt. 1 Questions and Verified
Answers
Q: What does non-maleficence mean?
ANS: do no harm
Q:
when conflicts arise between employer and client, what does a counsellor do?
ANS: Protect rights of client
Q:
What are Ethics?
ANS: Rules or principles which govern right conduct
Q:
Guidance deals with _____
While Counselling deals with _____
ANS: guidance = choice
Counselling = Change
Q:
STIPS stands for:
ANS: S = signs/symptoms
T = Topics of discussion
I =intervention
P = Progress/plan
S = Special issues
Q:
what are situations when a counsellor can break confidentiality
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ANS: Harm to self/suicide
Harm to others
Child abuse
Q:
in 2009, which province began process of self-regulating counsellors?
ANS: NS
Q:
The Counselling Psychology section was formed in the Canadian Psychology Association
in 1986, why was this important?
ANS: Formally differentiated counselling from psychological professions
Q:
which level of court do counsellors most often participate in
ANS: Provincial/territorial
Q:
What are the shared elements of culture?
ANS: Learned experiences,
Beliefs
Values
Q:
In what ways must counsellors be sensitive to cultures?
ANS: 1) knowledge of wolrdview's of differently cultured clients
2) Skills for working with culturally different clients
3) awareness of one's own worldview
Q:
Qualities of effective counsellors
