Module 3: Professional Practice

Question 1

The most problematic and extreme form of personal bias that can impede the therapeutic experience, involves the practice referred to as:

Answer 1

discrimination

Question 2

A feeling that shows up in the form of aversion or hostile attitude toward someone.

Answer 2

prejudice

Question 3

1. We practice respect for our client by:

Question 4

2. If we are working with a client whose value system is different from our own or who we just simply don’t like, we should:

Question 5

3. When a therapist and a client come together they enter into a:

Question 6

4. A professional relationship between a client and a therapist exists for the purpose of:

Question 7

5. Must regulated therapists make their services available and accessible to everyone?

Question 8

6. Is it permissible for a registered therapist to date a client?

Question 9

7. A personal friendship between a therapist and a client is:

Question 10

8. Selling products to clients during or immediately after a treatment, is:

Question 11

9. Confidential information about a client can be shared if:

Question 12

10. In order to breach client confidentiality, a therapist must intentionally provide others with information about the client, without his or her consent.

Question 13

___________ - refers to the ethical and legal right of the client, to decide which healthcare services he or she will utilize and to the ethical responsibility of the therapist to ensure the client is involved in all decisions about their treatment.

Answer 13

Informed consent

Question 14

1. Terry would really like a 60-minute massage treatment, to help him relax and unwind after work but can only afford a 30-minute treatment. Is this an example of client vulnerability?

Question 15

2. Ramona tells Bill that she is not taking on any new clients. She does this because she believes that Bill is gay and she’s not comfortable with homosexuals.
   Her behavior demonstrates:

Question 16

3. Jane and Paul meet during a treatment session in Jane’s office and it is love at first sight for both of them. Jane knows that it is not appropriate for her to date a client and decides to terminate the therapeutic relationship with Paul, in order to begin a personal one with him. Jane’s decision to terminate the therapeutic relationship in order to begin a personal relationship is:

Question 17

4. Alex is providing therapy to Simone in order to fulfill the goal of meeting their mutual best interests. Can this relationship be described as a therapeutic relationship?

Question 18

5. Bob pretends to like and even admire his associate Don, in order to get Don to give him a break on the lease. Is Bob’s behavior consistent with the principle of respect for persons?

Question 19

6. Kathy and her client Dorothy really hit it off. They have a lot in common and always chat up a storm whenever Dorothy comes in for her treatment. One day when Kathy is having a bad day at work she shares with Dorothy her marital problems and Dorothy lends a sympathetic ear. When the treatment is over, they both hug and leave the treatment room feeling better. The relationship between Kathy and Dorothy demonstrates:

Question 20

7. Susan is an RMT who teaches a treatments course at a local college. Luke, one of her students is injured in a car accident and needs massage therapy but can not afford to see a therapist. Susan offers to treat him for free, after class. This is an example of?

Question 21

8. Robina is treating a middle-aged man who reminds her of her father, who passed away a few years ago. Not only does he look and sound like him but he also showers her with the same kind of praise and affection her father did and consequently both client and therapist end up benefiting from the therapeutic relationship. This is an example of:

Question 22

9. Irene provides her consent to treatment verbally and in writing but halfway through the treatment decides to withdraw her consent. Can Irene withdraw consent to treatment anytime she likes?

Question 23

10. RMT Sophie and her client Tory unknown to either of them have a mutual friend and end up attending a party together. During the course of the party Sophie innocently tells a very funny story about Tory which Tory shared with her during a treatment session. Has Sophie breached client confidentiality?

Question 24

11. Mike, the therapist, pats his client on the bottom as she leaves his treatment room and tells her that she is a very sexy lady and that her husband is a lucky guy.
    This is an example of?

Question 25

12. Larry, a healthcare professional, refuses to treat Steve because he is disabled. The decision to not treat Steve because he is disabled, is ethically:

Question 26

13. Professional practitioner Ethan observes a client’s husband calling her “Booty” and thinks this is a cute nickname and proceeds to call her “Booty” during the treatment session. This behavior is?

Question 27

14. Leslie, a healthcare professional, doesn’t have time to change after her 5-mile jog and just rushes into the clinic in her sweaty shorts and t-shirt to treat her first client. This behavior is:

Question 28

15. Betty’s new family doctor calls a licensed acupuncturist, Ian, and asks him for some background information on Betty. Ian releases the information, via email, without Betty’s consent because she is away on vacation. Has Ian met the requirements for maintaining client confidentiality?

Question 29

16. One day in a state of frustration Nate tells his therapist that he has full-blown AIDS and is going to do everything he can to transmit it to every woman he meets.
    Must his therapist maintain client confidentiality?

Question 30

17. Calvin keeps electronic treatment records for all his clients. While he is away on vacation, an associate therapist in the office views these records and retrieves a client file. Should Calvin be held accountable for this?

Question 31

18. Celine gives Abby, her client, her home telephone number so they can chat when they have some free time. This behavior is:

Question 32

19. Kelly tells her client Sherry that she will not provide her with treatment unless she consents to try the Bowen technique. This behavior is?

Question 33

20. Sylvester explains to his client his proposed treatment plan, fully and completely, using technical language and clinical illustrations.
    Has Sylvester met the requirement of informed consent?