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NCE: Professional Orientation and Ethics
Exam Study Guide.
Fidelity - Answer✔honoring commitments and keeping promises,
Veracity - Answer✔being honest/truthful
Justice - Answer✔treat all members fairly/equally
Beneficence - Answer✔working for the good of the client/
Nonmaleficence - Answer✔do no harm to client
Autonomy - Answer✔fostering the right to control the direction of one's life
Defamation - Answer✔--behavior that can be damaging to a reputation
--2 types: libel and slander
--libel: written info
--slander: verbal remarks
What does it mean when we say privileged communication is "qualified" - Answer✔it means
that exceptions may exist:
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- child abuse/neglect/exploitation
- suicide/homicidal threats
- criminal intentions
- need of hospitalization
- counselor victim of malpractice
- minor/mentally incompetent (dd)
Tarasoff v. the Board of Regents of the University of California - Answer✔"duty to warn"
--warn the person in danger, or if someone is danger to themselves, tell family member, sig
other, etc.
Privileged communication - Answer✔--a legal term different from confidentiality
--implied that a therapeutic interaction (verbal/written) will not be available for public
inspection
--the legal right of the client to decide if they do/don't want info shared
--client holds the privilege
If your state does not legally support privileged communication and you refuse to testify in
court: - Answer✔You could be held in contempt of court
If you receive a subpoena for your clt's records from a court, should you hand over your
documentation? - Answer✔NO!!!
UNLESS, the subpoena is accompanied by a written order issued by a judge, authorizing the
disclosure of the records or issuance of the subpoena.
When is privileged communication not applicable? - Answer✔- child abuse/neglect/exploitation
- SI/HI
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- criminal intentions (present)
- need of hospitalization
- counselor becomes victim of malpractice suit
- does not apply to minors (legal guardians = holders of privilege)
- does not apply to those who are mentally incompetent
NCE: Counselors :: _____:Psychologists - Answer✔--EPPP
--Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology
Certification - Answer✔--Given to an individual via an organization which is not part of the state
or federal government.
--recognizes that you have reached a given level of competence and thus are authorized to use
that title
--you must be certified to call yourself a certified counselor
License - Answer✔A counseling license is granted by the state government
ACES - American Counselor Education and Supervision - Answer✔The APGA (later AACD and
now ACA) division that was initially the most instrumental in pushing for licensing was the:
Deceased clients - Answer✔counselors protect the confidentiality of deceased clients,
consistent with legal requirements and the documented preferences of the client
Release of confidential information of a minor/mentally incompetence clt: - Answer✔When
counseling minors or adults who lack the capacity to give voluntary consent to release
confidential information:
--> counselors seek permission from an appropriate 3rd party to disclose information.
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NCE: Professional Orientation and Ethics
Exam Study Guide.
Fidelity - Answer✔honoring commitments and keeping promises,
Veracity - Answer✔being honest/truthful
Justice - Answer✔treat all members fairly/equally
Beneficence - Answer✔working for the good of the client/
Nonmaleficence - Answer✔do no harm to client
Autonomy - Answer✔fostering the right to control the direction of one's life
Defamation - Answer✔--behavior that can be damaging to a reputation
--2 types: libel and slander
--libel: written info
--slander: verbal remarks
What does it mean when we say privileged communication is "qualified" - Answer✔it means
that exceptions may exist:
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- child abuse/neglect/exploitation
- suicide/homicidal threats
- criminal intentions
- need of hospitalization
- counselor victim of malpractice
- minor/mentally incompetent (dd)
Tarasoff v. the Board of Regents of the University of California - Answer✔"duty to warn"
--warn the person in danger, or if someone is danger to themselves, tell family member, sig
other, etc.
Privileged communication - Answer✔--a legal term different from confidentiality
--implied that a therapeutic interaction (verbal/written) will not be available for public
inspection
--the legal right of the client to decide if they do/don't want info shared
--client holds the privilege
If your state does not legally support privileged communication and you refuse to testify in
court: - Answer✔You could be held in contempt of court
If you receive a subpoena for your clt's records from a court, should you hand over your
documentation? - Answer✔NO!!!
UNLESS, the subpoena is accompanied by a written order issued by a judge, authorizing the
disclosure of the records or issuance of the subpoena.
When is privileged communication not applicable? - Answer✔- child abuse/neglect/exploitation
- SI/HI
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- criminal intentions (present)
- need of hospitalization
- counselor becomes victim of malpractice suit
- does not apply to minors (legal guardians = holders of privilege)
- does not apply to those who are mentally incompetent
NCE: Counselors :: _____:Psychologists - Answer✔--EPPP
--Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology
Certification - Answer✔--Given to an individual via an organization which is not part of the state
or federal government.
--recognizes that you have reached a given level of competence and thus are authorized to use
that title
--you must be certified to call yourself a certified counselor
License - Answer✔A counseling license is granted by the state government
ACES - American Counselor Education and Supervision - Answer✔The APGA (later AACD and
now ACA) division that was initially the most instrumental in pushing for licensing was the:
Deceased clients - Answer✔counselors protect the confidentiality of deceased clients,
consistent with legal requirements and the documented preferences of the client
Release of confidential information of a minor/mentally incompetence clt: - Answer✔When
counseling minors or adults who lack the capacity to give voluntary consent to release
confidential information:
--> counselors seek permission from an appropriate 3rd party to disclose information.
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