CA Law & Ethics Exam (LPCC)
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Professional clinical counseling -
correct answer ✅- application of counseling interventions and
psychotherapeutic techniques to identify and remediate cognitive,
mental, and emotional issues, including personal growth,
adjustment to disability, crisis intervention, and psychosocial and
environmental problems
- conducting assessments for the purpose of establishing counseling
goals and objectives to empower individuals to deal adequately
with life situations, reduce stress, experience growth, change
behavior, and make well-informed rational decisions
- focused exclusively on the application of counseling interventions
and psychotherapeutic techniques for the purposes of improving
mental health, and is not intended to capture other, nonclinical
forms of counseling for the purposes of licensure.
Scope of Practice for LPCC -
correct answer ✅- does not include the assessment or treatment
of couples or families unless the counselor has completed
additional training and education, beyond the minimum training
and education required for licensure
- not include the provision of clinical social workservices
- can use of assessments within counselors' scope of practice.
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- no restriction for LPCCs or PCCIs to assess and treat children
What are the requirements for LPCC who would like to work with
families, couples, and children? -
correct answer ✅- LPCCs and PCCIs can work with children,
families, and couples as long as they are supervised LMFT, LCSW,
licensed psychologist, licensed physician (board-certified in
psychiatry) or a LPCC (completed 500hrs and 6 MFT graduate hrs w/
written confirmation from BBS).
- take 6 sem units/9 qtr hrs of MFT theory
- 500 hrs supervised work with children, family, couples
- 6 CEU MFT specific course each renewal cycle
Counselor impairment -
correct answer ✅Being alert to early signs of personal problems
(fatigue, burnout, depression, substance abuse) that may prevent
one from fulfilling professional obligations.
How should a counselor deal with impairment? -
correct answer ✅- maintain consultation and supervision
- seek treatment
,CA Law & Ethics Exam (LPCC)
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- provide appropriate referrals if necessary
If a client will benefit from being referred to another provider, what
should a therapist do? -
correct answer ✅- have a termination session focusing on
transitioning them to a new provider
- appropriate referrals
- clt sign ROI authorizing new and old therapist to communicate for
continuity of care
- f/up with new therapist to transfer records and coordination of
care
What could potentially happen if therapist is unaware of his/her
personal values, attitudes, and beliefs? -
correct answer ✅- incorrect diagnoses and poor tx decisions
- bias toward one or more family members (if qualified to work with
couples and family)
- may become overly friendly/hostile with a clt
- likely to miss or misinterpret impt clinical info
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correct, Update 2026
How to manage impact of therapist's attitudes? -
correct answer ✅- consider how attitudes are impacting tx
- seek supervision or consultation to ensure quality of care
- personal therapy to identify source of attitudes/beliefs/values
- refer if it continues to interfere, be careful not to abandon and
referral is not discriminatory in nature
T/F: If therapist refers clt out based on personal attitudes about
race, gender, or other protected characteristics, the therapist is not
engaging in discrimnation. -
correct answer ✅False, it is discrimination
Autonomy -
correct answer ✅CLT has fundamental right to choose for
themselves what kinds of mental health they will participate in,
except for those who present an imminent danger to selves or
others (involuntary hospitalization)
- clt can discontinue/change provider any time
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correct, Update 2026
Professional clinical counseling -
correct answer ✅- application of counseling interventions and
psychotherapeutic techniques to identify and remediate cognitive,
mental, and emotional issues, including personal growth,
adjustment to disability, crisis intervention, and psychosocial and
environmental problems
- conducting assessments for the purpose of establishing counseling
goals and objectives to empower individuals to deal adequately
with life situations, reduce stress, experience growth, change
behavior, and make well-informed rational decisions
- focused exclusively on the application of counseling interventions
and psychotherapeutic techniques for the purposes of improving
mental health, and is not intended to capture other, nonclinical
forms of counseling for the purposes of licensure.
Scope of Practice for LPCC -
correct answer ✅- does not include the assessment or treatment
of couples or families unless the counselor has completed
additional training and education, beyond the minimum training
and education required for licensure
- not include the provision of clinical social workservices
- can use of assessments within counselors' scope of practice.
,CA Law & Ethics Exam (LPCC)
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correct, Update 2026
- no restriction for LPCCs or PCCIs to assess and treat children
What are the requirements for LPCC who would like to work with
families, couples, and children? -
correct answer ✅- LPCCs and PCCIs can work with children,
families, and couples as long as they are supervised LMFT, LCSW,
licensed psychologist, licensed physician (board-certified in
psychiatry) or a LPCC (completed 500hrs and 6 MFT graduate hrs w/
written confirmation from BBS).
- take 6 sem units/9 qtr hrs of MFT theory
- 500 hrs supervised work with children, family, couples
- 6 CEU MFT specific course each renewal cycle
Counselor impairment -
correct answer ✅Being alert to early signs of personal problems
(fatigue, burnout, depression, substance abuse) that may prevent
one from fulfilling professional obligations.
How should a counselor deal with impairment? -
correct answer ✅- maintain consultation and supervision
- seek treatment
,CA Law & Ethics Exam (LPCC)
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correct, Update 2026
- provide appropriate referrals if necessary
If a client will benefit from being referred to another provider, what
should a therapist do? -
correct answer ✅- have a termination session focusing on
transitioning them to a new provider
- appropriate referrals
- clt sign ROI authorizing new and old therapist to communicate for
continuity of care
- f/up with new therapist to transfer records and coordination of
care
What could potentially happen if therapist is unaware of his/her
personal values, attitudes, and beliefs? -
correct answer ✅- incorrect diagnoses and poor tx decisions
- bias toward one or more family members (if qualified to work with
couples and family)
- may become overly friendly/hostile with a clt
- likely to miss or misinterpret impt clinical info
, CA Law & Ethics Exam (LPCC)
Questions + Verified Answers 100%
correct, Update 2026
How to manage impact of therapist's attitudes? -
correct answer ✅- consider how attitudes are impacting tx
- seek supervision or consultation to ensure quality of care
- personal therapy to identify source of attitudes/beliefs/values
- refer if it continues to interfere, be careful not to abandon and
referral is not discriminatory in nature
T/F: If therapist refers clt out based on personal attitudes about
race, gender, or other protected characteristics, the therapist is not
engaging in discrimnation. -
correct answer ✅False, it is discrimination
Autonomy -
correct answer ✅CLT has fundamental right to choose for
themselves what kinds of mental health they will participate in,
except for those who present an imminent danger to selves or
others (involuntary hospitalization)
- clt can discontinue/change provider any time
