Maryland State Law Test For Counselors Study Guide – Complete With Solutions
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.
Appraisal ✔ Ans - Selecting, administering, scoring, and interpreting instruments designed to assess an individual's aptitudes, attitudes, abilities, achievements, interests, and personal characteristics
Board ✔ Ans - The State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists
Certificate ✔ Ans - Certificate issued by the Board to practice professional counseling
Certified Professional Counselor ✔ Ans - Professional Counselor who is
certified by the board
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
Fund ✔ Ans - The State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists Fund
License ✔ Ans - Unless the context requires otherwise, one of six types of these are issued by the Board authorizing an individual to practice
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 What does it mean to practice clinical counseling? ✔ Ans - means to engage professionally and for compensation
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.
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.
How many members are on the board? ✔ Ans - 13 members
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
Qualifications for Consumer Members ✔ Ans - Must be a member of general public May not have been a certified or licensed counselor
May not have anyone in household as a certified or licensed counselor May not participate in a commercial or professional field related to counseling May not have any financial investments with any board members
How many years does each board member serve? ✔ Ans - 4 years
Process for vacancies in the board ✔ Ans - Governor shall fill within 60
days
Removal process from the board ✔ Ans - Governor may remove any member for incompetency, misconduct or neglect of duty. Secretary may recommend that the Governor remove a member who has been absent for 2 successive meetings without adequate reason
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.
Appraisal ✔ Ans - Selecting, administering, scoring, and interpreting instruments designed to assess an individual's aptitudes, attitudes, abilities, achievements, interests, and personal characteristics
Board ✔ Ans - The State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists
Certificate ✔ Ans - Certificate issued by the Board to practice professional counseling
Certified Professional Counselor ✔ Ans - Professional Counselor who is
certified by the board
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
Fund ✔ Ans - The State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists Fund
License ✔ Ans - Unless the context requires otherwise, one of six types of these are issued by the Board authorizing an individual to practice
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 What does it mean to practice clinical counseling? ✔ Ans - means to engage professionally and for compensation
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.
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.
How many members are on the board? ✔ Ans - 13 members
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
Qualifications for Consumer Members ✔ Ans - Must be a member of general public May not have been a certified or licensed counselor
May not have anyone in household as a certified or licensed counselor May not participate in a commercial or professional field related to counseling May not have any financial investments with any board members
How many years does each board member serve? ✔ Ans - 4 years
Process for vacancies in the board ✔ Ans - Governor shall fill within 60
days
Removal process from the board ✔ Ans - Governor may remove any member for incompetency, misconduct or neglect of duty. Secretary may recommend that the Governor remove a member who has been absent for 2 successive meetings without adequate reason
