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Clinical Mental Health Counseling - 1,2,3 Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
List the guiding principles of community counseling Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Holistic wellness model;
Developmental perspective
prevention & early intervention; Considers effects of community/environment; Empowers through
advocacy/education
Name the counseling founding fathers, their city, & their major contribution Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Frank
Parsons, Boston-Put "vocational counselors" in schools; Jesse Davis, Grand Rapids, Michigan-
Developed systematized guidance program in schools; Clifford Beers-Advocated for mental health
reform
In what cities were the first counselors "certified"? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Boston & New York
Who published the book Counseling & Psychotherapy in 1940s and why is it significant? Ans: ✓ ✓
✓ Carl Rogers, his theory was client-focused, introduced the non-judgmental, accepting role of the
counselor & placed importance on counseling relationship
What does CACREP stand for and when was it founded? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Council for Accreditation of
Counseling and Related Educational Programs, 1981
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What does APGA stand for, when was it founded and what other evolutions did it go through? Ans:
✓ ✓ ✓ American Personnel and Guidance--Association, later known as American Association for
Counseling and Development (AACD) & finally, American Counseling Association (ACA)
What state was first to require licensure for counselors? When? What were the next two states to
mandate licensing requirments? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Virginia, 1976, Arkansas and Alabama
Describe the development of counseling theories giving the key names and principles associated
with each treatment perspective. Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Psychoanalysis and insight theories (Freud); Trait-
factor or directive theories (Williamson); Humanistic & client-centered (Rogers); Behavioral theories
(Skinner); Cognitive theories (Ellis)
When was the first sound code of ethics published by the APGA? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ 1961
What does NBCC stand for and when was it founded? What is this organization responsible for
creating? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ National Board for Certified Counselors, 1982--National certification of
counslors through the national counseling exam (NCE) & defined 8 major subject areas of study
Name the 8 major subject areas of study in counseling as defined by NBCC Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Human
growth and development; Social and cultural foundations; Helping relationships; Groups; Lifestyles
and career development; Appraisal; Research and evaluation; Professional orientation
Describe the main therapeutic professions & provide distinguishing characteristics of each Ans: ✓
✓ ✓ Psychiatrists-MD & specialty, national & state exams for licensure, American Psychiatric
Association (APA), major psycho disorders, prescribe meds; Psychologists--PHD, EdD, PsyD to
practice, licensed in 50 states, American Psychological Association (APA)
focus psychological assessment; Social Workers-BS, MS and Ph.D, licensure in 50 states, National
Association of Social Workers (NASW), help negotiating social systems, advocating for change;
Professional counselors--MS or Ph.D, licensed in 49 states & DC (except CA), American Counseling
Association (ACA), focus on preventative, developmental, holistic wellness approach that includes
environment of client, non-medical approach
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Clinical Mental Health Counseling - 1,2,3 Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
List the guiding principles of community counseling Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Holistic wellness model;
Developmental perspective
prevention & early intervention; Considers effects of community/environment; Empowers through
advocacy/education
Name the counseling founding fathers, their city, & their major contribution Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Frank
Parsons, Boston-Put "vocational counselors" in schools; Jesse Davis, Grand Rapids, Michigan-
Developed systematized guidance program in schools; Clifford Beers-Advocated for mental health
reform
In what cities were the first counselors "certified"? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Boston & New York
Who published the book Counseling & Psychotherapy in 1940s and why is it significant? Ans: ✓ ✓
✓ Carl Rogers, his theory was client-focused, introduced the non-judgmental, accepting role of the
counselor & placed importance on counseling relationship
What does CACREP stand for and when was it founded? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Council for Accreditation of
Counseling and Related Educational Programs, 1981
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What does APGA stand for, when was it founded and what other evolutions did it go through? Ans:
✓ ✓ ✓ American Personnel and Guidance--Association, later known as American Association for
Counseling and Development (AACD) & finally, American Counseling Association (ACA)
What state was first to require licensure for counselors? When? What were the next two states to
mandate licensing requirments? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Virginia, 1976, Arkansas and Alabama
Describe the development of counseling theories giving the key names and principles associated
with each treatment perspective. Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Psychoanalysis and insight theories (Freud); Trait-
factor or directive theories (Williamson); Humanistic & client-centered (Rogers); Behavioral theories
(Skinner); Cognitive theories (Ellis)
When was the first sound code of ethics published by the APGA? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ 1961
What does NBCC stand for and when was it founded? What is this organization responsible for
creating? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ National Board for Certified Counselors, 1982--National certification of
counslors through the national counseling exam (NCE) & defined 8 major subject areas of study
Name the 8 major subject areas of study in counseling as defined by NBCC Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Human
growth and development; Social and cultural foundations; Helping relationships; Groups; Lifestyles
and career development; Appraisal; Research and evaluation; Professional orientation
Describe the main therapeutic professions & provide distinguishing characteristics of each Ans: ✓
✓ ✓ Psychiatrists-MD & specialty, national & state exams for licensure, American Psychiatric
Association (APA), major psycho disorders, prescribe meds; Psychologists--PHD, EdD, PsyD to
practice, licensed in 50 states, American Psychological Association (APA)
focus psychological assessment; Social Workers-BS, MS and Ph.D, licensure in 50 states, National
Association of Social Workers (NASW), help negotiating social systems, advocating for change;
Professional counselors--MS or Ph.D, licensed in 49 states & DC (except CA), American Counseling
Association (ACA), focus on preventative, developmental, holistic wellness approach that includes
environment of client, non-medical approach
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