chapter 1 (professional identity)

Question 1

counselling psychologists

Answer 1

professionals who use psychological principles to provide education and treatment to individuals dealing with stress and other mental health issues. PhD or master’s.

Question 2

psychiatrists

Answer 2

physicians with advanced training in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.

Question 3

social workers

Answer 3

professionals who provide a broad range of educational;, advocacy, and counselling services to individuals, groups, and communities.

Question 4

values

Answer 4

what individuals and groups consider important/worthwhile. ethics derived from values.

Question 5

self-determination

Answer 5

principle that promotes the rights of clients to have autonomy and freedom of choice.

Question 6

ethics

Answer 6

guidelines that define the limits of permissible behaviour in a profession

Question 7

dual relationship

Answer 7

relationship in which there is both a counselling relationship and another type of relationship, such as friendship or sexual intimacy.

Question 8

absolute confidentiality

Answer 8

an assurance that client disclosures are not shared with anyone

Question 9

relative confidentiality

Answer 9

assumption that client disclosures may be shared within the agency with supervisors or colleagues, outside the agency with client permission,, or with others because of legal requirements, such as those contained within child abuse legislation.

Question 10

duty to warn

Answer 10

the professional responsibility that counsellors have to inform people whom they believe a client may harm

Question 11

ethical dilemmas

Answer 11

a situation involving competing or conflicting values or principles.

Question 12

objectivity

Answer 12

ability to understand feelings, thoughts, and behaviour without allowing personal values, beliefs, and biases to interfere.

Question 13

assumptions

Answer 13

distortions/false conclusions based on simplistic reasoning, incomplete information, or bias

Question 14

defence mechanism

Answer 14

mental process or reaction that shields a person from undesirable or unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or conclusions that, if accepted, would create anxiety or challenges to one’s sense of self.

Question 15

vicarious trauma

Answer 15

an occupational hazard for people in the helping professions, in which they develop the same symptoms as their clients who have been traumatized.