professional orientation

Question 1

In 2010 the task force “20/20: A Vision for the Future of Counseling”, stated the following definition of counseling:

Answer 1

a professional relationship that empowers diverse individuals, families, and groups to accomplish mental health, wellness, education, and career goals.

Question 2

what does the ACA state counseling is:

Answer 2

The application of mental health, psychological or human development principles, through cognitive, affective, behavioral or systemic interventions, strategies that address wellness, personal growth, or career development, as well as pathology.

Question 3

what did Wilhelm Wundt accomplish in 1879?

Answer 3

he established the first psychological laboratory

Question 4

in 1890 who used psychoanalysis to treat mental illness?

Answer 4

Sigmund Freud

Question 5

what significance does Jesse Davis hold?

Answer 5

1898- is considered the first school counselor in the United States and was the first to implement systematic guidance programs in schools

Question 6

What is A Mind That Found Itself?

Answer 6

written in 1908 by Clifford Beers, it exposed conditions in mental health institutions

Question 7

what did Frank Parsons do in 1908?

Answer 7

directed the Vocation Bureau in Boston

Question 8

what year was Parson’s book “Choosing a Vocation” published?

Answer 8

1909; it established the trait-factor guidance approach (because people have different traits they are suited for different jobs)

Question 9

When was the National Vocational Guidance Association founded?

Answer 9

1913

Question 10

What is the Smith-Hughes Act?

Answer 10

established in 1917, grants federal funds for vocational education and guidance

Question 11

What was published in 1927?

Answer 11

Strong-Vocational Interest Blank (a test designed to measure or inventory an individual’s vocational interests)

Question 12

What did E.G. Williamsons publish in 1939?

Answer 12

How To Counsel Students:
which modified Parson‘s trait-factor approach

Question 13

When and who published Counseling and Psychology?

Answer 13

1942, Carl Rogers

Question 14

When and who published Counseling and Psychology?

Answer 14

1942, Carl Rogers

Question 15

When was the American Personnel and Guidance Association was founded?

Answer 15

1951

Question 16

When was The National Defense Education Act was passed?

Answer 16

1958- This provided money for training of school counselors

Question 17

when were new theoretical counseling approaches were developed such as
behavioral, reality, gestalt, and rational emotive?

Answer 17

1960s

Question 18

Gilbert Wrenn in 1962 ___

Answer 18

published The Counselor in a changing world

Question 18

Gilbert Wrenn in 1962 ___

Answer 18

published The Counselor in a changing world

Question 19

when did the state of Virginia pass the first general practice counselor licensure law?

Answer 19

1976

Question 20

when did the state of Virginia pass the first general practice counselor licensure law?

Answer 20

1976

Question 21

when was CACREP established?

Answer 21

1981

Question 22

APGA (American Personnel and Guidance Association) > American Association for Counseling and
Development (AACD) _____; became ACA in 1992

Answer 22

1983

Question 23

What is Master‘s in Psychology and Counseling Accreditation Council (MPCAC)?

Answer 23

a new accrediting body for programs in psychology and counseling, which promote training in the scientific practice of professional psychology and counseling at the master‘s level

Question 24

When did ACA introduce programs titled Disaster Mental Health?

Answer 24

2010 (CACREP) requires counselor training standards for disaster, trauma and crisis counseling.

Question 25

when did the state of Virginia pass the first general practice counselor licensure law?

Answer 25

1976