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Maryland State Law Test for Counselors
Study Guide Questions and Answers (Expert
Solutions)
Q: Alcohol & Drug Counseling ANS 🗹🗹: Assisting an individual, family, or group
through the client counselor relationship to develop understanding of intrapersonal and
interpresonal substance abuse problems.
Q: Appraisal ANS 🗹🗹: Selecting, administering, scoring, and interpreting instruments
designed to assess an individual's aptitudes, attitudes, abilities, achievements, interests,
and personal characteristics
Q: Board ANS 🗹🗹: The State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists
Q: Certificate ANS 🗹🗹: Certificate issued by the Board to practice professional
counseling
Q: Certified Professional Counselor ANS 🗹🗹: Professional Counselor who is certified by
the board
Q: Counseling ANS 🗹🗹: Assisting an individual, family, or group through the client
counselor relationship to develop an understanding of intrapersonal and interpersonal
problems, define goals, make decisions, to plan a course of action reflecting the needs,
interests, and abilities
Q: Fund ANS 🗹🗹: The State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists Fund
Q: License ANS 🗹🗹: Unless the context requires otherwise, one of six types of these are
issued by the Board authorizing an individual to practice
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Q: What are the 6 types of licenses? ANS 🗹🗹: Clinical Alcohol & Drug Counseling
Clinical Marriage & Family Therapy
Clinical Professional Counseling
Graduate Alcohol & Drug Counseling
Graduate Marriage & Family Therapy
Graduate Professional Counselor
Q: What does it mean to practice clinical counseling? ANS 🗹🗹: means to engage
professionally and for compensation
Q: What does it mean to practice graduate counseling? ANS 🗹🗹: to practice clinically
under the supervision of a licensed clinical provider while fulfilling the requirements for
supervised experience.
Q: Legislative Findings ANS 🗹🗹: The General Assembly finds that the profession of
counseling and therapy profoundly affects the lives and health of the people of this
state.
Q: How many members are on the board? ANS 🗹🗹: 13 members
Q: What is the breakdown of the board members? ANS 🗹🗹: 5 Licensed Clinical
Professional Counselors
3 Licensed Clinical Marriage & Family Therapists
3 Licensed Clinical Alcohol & Drug Counselors
2 Consumer Members
Maryland State Law Test for Counselors
Study Guide Questions and Answers (Expert
Solutions)
Q: Alcohol & Drug Counseling ANS 🗹🗹: Assisting an individual, family, or group
through the client counselor relationship to develop understanding of intrapersonal and
interpresonal substance abuse problems.
Q: Appraisal ANS 🗹🗹: Selecting, administering, scoring, and interpreting instruments
designed to assess an individual's aptitudes, attitudes, abilities, achievements, interests,
and personal characteristics
Q: Board ANS 🗹🗹: The State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists
Q: Certificate ANS 🗹🗹: Certificate issued by the Board to practice professional
counseling
Q: Certified Professional Counselor ANS 🗹🗹: Professional Counselor who is certified by
the board
Q: Counseling ANS 🗹🗹: Assisting an individual, family, or group through the client
counselor relationship to develop an understanding of intrapersonal and interpersonal
problems, define goals, make decisions, to plan a course of action reflecting the needs,
interests, and abilities
Q: Fund ANS 🗹🗹: The State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists Fund
Q: License ANS 🗹🗹: Unless the context requires otherwise, one of six types of these are
issued by the Board authorizing an individual to practice
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Q: What are the 6 types of licenses? ANS 🗹🗹: Clinical Alcohol & Drug Counseling
Clinical Marriage & Family Therapy
Clinical Professional Counseling
Graduate Alcohol & Drug Counseling
Graduate Marriage & Family Therapy
Graduate Professional Counselor
Q: What does it mean to practice clinical counseling? ANS 🗹🗹: means to engage
professionally and for compensation
Q: What does it mean to practice graduate counseling? ANS 🗹🗹: to practice clinically
under the supervision of a licensed clinical provider while fulfilling the requirements for
supervised experience.
Q: Legislative Findings ANS 🗹🗹: The General Assembly finds that the profession of
counseling and therapy profoundly affects the lives and health of the people of this
state.
Q: How many members are on the board? ANS 🗹🗹: 13 members
Q: What is the breakdown of the board members? ANS 🗹🗹: 5 Licensed Clinical
Professional Counselors
3 Licensed Clinical Marriage & Family Therapists
3 Licensed Clinical Alcohol & Drug Counselors
2 Consumer Members
