A) should not reveal the names of clients to the practicum/internship supervisor
B) has the same ethical obligations to uphold confidentiality as does a licensed counselor
C) should refer all clients who engage in risky behaviors
D) should maintain absolute confidentiality of participants in groups the student is facilitating
E) should not videotape counseling sessions so that client confidentiality is protected
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A) counselors should consult with colleagues when they are uncertain about an exception to confidentiality.
B) confidentiality and privilege belong to the client, not the counselor.
C) confidentiality and privilege are not absolute.
D) counselors should consult with colleagues when they are uncertain about an exception to privileged communication.
E) both confidentiality and privileged communication are based on the client's right to privacy.
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A) are the most common basis of malpractice cases against counselors.
B) are the foundation for most complaints against counselors to their licensure boards.
C) occur rarely, and when they do occur are the result of counselors intentionally informing others of what a client said in a counseling session.
D) occur rarely, and when they do occur are required by state statutes.
E) occur rarely, and when they do occur usually are inadvertent.
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A) ensure that counselors will never have to repeat information clients tell them in a counseling session.
B) protect clients from having confidential communications with their counselors disclosed in a court of law without their permission.
C) protect the privacy of counselors.
D) make it a crime for counselors to reveal confidential communications with their clients unless their clients give them written permission to disclose the information.
E) state that counselors will lose their licenses if they reveal confidential information clients tell them in counseling sessions.
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A) a societal stigma is still associated with seeking counseling
B) counselors can assert privilege on behalf of a client even when the client has waived the privilege
C) psychiatrists are more likely to be granted privileged communication on a case-by-case basis than are counselors
D) counselors have aduty to warn intended victims of clients who threaten those who are endangered
E) communications between ministers and their congregants are usually not privileged
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A) the counselor suspects abuse or neglect of a child.
B) a client poses a danger to self or others.
C) a counselor is in clinical supervision with another counselor.
D) a client has a fatal, communicable disease and the client's behavior is putting others at risk.
E) an attorney sends a counselor a subpoena.
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A) the client's last counselor.
B) the executor of the client's estate.
C) the client's spouse or next of kin.
D) the judge hearing the case.
E) a guardian ad litem appointed by a judge for that particular purpose.
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A) confidentiality and privileged communication are both primarily ethical issues.
B) confidentiality and privileged communication are both primarily legal issues.
C) confidentiality is primarily a legal issue, and privileged communication is primarily an ethical issue.
D) confidentiality is primarily an ethical issue, and privileged communication is primarily a legal issue.
E) it depends on the context as to whether confidentiality and privileged communication are ethical or legal issues.
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A) counseling relationships are more important than physician-patient relationships.
B) counseling relationships are similar to the relationships between a priest and penitent, or between a minister and congregation member.
C) making an exception to the general rule that all evidence must be presented in court is vital to the well being of society.
D) law suits can be as easily resolved without the benefit of information that clients tell their counselors in confidential relationships.
E) counseling has met all the tests to demonstrate that it is a true profession.
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A) a family member of an adult client asks for information the client has revealed in an individual counseling session
B) a client reveals that he committed a burglary two years ago and was never caught
C) they encounter a client in the grocery store and the client reveals information about an event that occurred in the client's life between sessions
D) a client has refused to sign a release of information giving the counselor permission to communicat with the client's former counselor
E) an adult client discloses that she was sexually abused ten years ago by her father who is now deceased
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A) should refuse to do so because the counselor would violate the wife's privacy.
B) agree to reveal the information because to refuse to do so would not be in the best interest of the husband.
C) has to reveal the information because privileged communication statutes never cover married couples counseling.
D) should consult with an attorney because laws and court cases vary as to whether the counselor will have to reveal the information over the wife's objection.
E) should ask the wife to waive her privacy rights.
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A) the majority of the complaints filed with state licensing boards against counselors involve claims of breach of confidentiality.
B) research clearly demonstrates that counselor assurances of confidentiality encourage client disclosures of personal and intimate information.
C) when counselors share confidential client information with other professionals involved in a client's care, the counselors should first obtain client permission to share the information.
D) counselors should make the same guarantees of confidentiality in group counseling that they make when counseling individuals.
E) due to concerns about confidentiality, counselors should never use a family member as an interpreter when counseling a client who does not speak the same language as the counselor.
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A) the client whose information is being requested.
B) other mental health professionals.
C) another licensed counselor.
D) an attorney who represents the counselor or his or her employer.
E) the attorney who sent the subpoena.
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A) the client automatically waives his or her privacy rights and the counselor can reveal private information related to providing counseling services to the client.
B) the client's written permission must be obtained before the counselor can reveal private information related to providing counseling services to the client.
C) counselors are barred from revealing any information about the client when defending themselves.
D) counselors may reveal only information the client agreed may be revealed when defending themselves.
E) counselors can use no information from the counseling relationship with the client in defending themselves.
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A) the client's next of kin.
B) the counselor.
C) the client's attorney.
D) the client's spouse, if any.
E) the executor of the client's estate.
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