__________________________________________________ Professional Boundaries in Mental Health Care
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PROFESSIONAL BOUNDARIES IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE
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1. Competency is defined as
5. Which of the following best describes the concept of empathy? A) Repeating back a client’s words B) Reflecting only the content of a client’s words C) An affinity, association, or relationship between persons wherein whatever affects one similarly affects the other D) Understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another 6. While engaged in empathic listening, counselors should A) remain judgmental. B) not respond to feedback. C) keep a distance from the experiences being expressed by the client. D) alter their perspective of the client as they acquire more information.
A) the educational level of a therapist. B) the extent to which a therapist understands all of the cultural and social pressures in his or her clients. C) the extent to which a therapist has the knowledge and skill required to deliver a treatment to the standard needed for it to achieve its expected effects. D) None of the above 2. Which of the following statements regarding therapeutic relationships is FALSE? A) Every therapeutic relationship is built on a legally binding contract. B) Counselors teach their clients what a healthy relationship is through the compassionate care and limit setting that occurs within the therapeutic context. C) Counselors model acceptable behavior in the office so their clients are equipped to emulate and apply that behavior in the outside world. D) In many cases, counselors are teaching self-regulation to clients who are learning how to control impulses or regulate behavior in order to improve their connection to other people. 3. Which of the following is NOT one of the major sub-functions of self-regulation, as defined by Bandura? A) Judgment B) Self-response C) Self-observation D) Cultural competence 4. A growth-promoting therapeutic relationship consists of all of the following, EXCEPT: A) Empathy B) Congruence C) Negative reinforcement D) Unconditional positive regard
7. Which of the following is one of the attributes of compassion-focused therapy?
A) Empathy B) Sensitivity C) Nonjudgment D) All of the above
8. Reflection demands a reasonable level of awareness of one’s thoughts and feelings and a sound grasp of whether they deviate from good professional
behavior. A) True B) False
9. Clients are more accepting of transference interpretations in an environment of
A) empathy. B) judgment. C) group therapy. D) vicarious trauma.
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