PSYC 388 - Pt. 1 Questions with Detailed Verified Answers

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PSYC 388 - Pt. 1 Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers

Question:What does non-maleficence mean?

Ans: do no harm

Question: when conflicts arise between employer and client, what does a
counsellor do?

Ans: Protect rights of client

Question: What are Ethics?

Ans: Rules or principles which govern right conduct

Question: Guidance deals with _____
While Counselling deals with _____

Ans: guidance = choice

Counselling = Change

Question: STIPS stands for:

Ans: S = signs/symptoms

T = Topics of discussion

I =intervention

P = Progress/plan

S = Special issues

Question: what are situations when a counsellor can break confidentiality

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Ans: Harm to self/suicide

Harm to others

Child abuse

Question: in 2009, which province began process of self-regulating
counsellors?

Ans: NS

Question: The Counselling Psychology section was formed in the Canadian
Psychology Association in 1986, why was this important?

Ans: Formally differentiated counselling from psychological professions

Question: which level of court do counsellors most often participate in

Ans: Provincial/territorial

Question: What are the shared elements of culture?

Ans: Learned experiences,

Beliefs

Values

Question: 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

Question: Qualities of effective counsellors