The Ethics Code: Ethical Standard 10 - Therapy Flashcards
10.01: As part of the requirement of securing informed consent, psychologists should, “_______________________________________,” discuss with clients the nature and anticipated course of treatment, fees, infolvement of third parties, and limits of confidentiality. They should also provide an opportunity or clients to have their questions answered.
As early as is feasible in the therapeutic relationship.
When treatment involves intervention techniques that have not yet been generally recognized or established, psychologists should ____________ their clients of this, as well as any ______________________ and possible treatment alternatives.
- Inform
- Potential risks
When trainees treat clients, the clients should be informed that the therapist is ____________________, that the case is being ____________________, and they should be given the name of the ___________________ who has legal responsibility for the case.
- In training
- Supervised
- Supervisor
10.02: When psychologists provide services to more than one person at a time (e.g., marital or family therapy), psychologists should clarify which of the individuals are _______________ and what ___________________ the psychologist will have with each person. If psychologists are asked to perform ____________________ (e.g., marital therapist and witness for one party in a divorce), psycholgists must “take reasonable steps to clarify and modify, or withdraw from, roles appropriately.”
- Clients
- Relationship
- Conflicting roles
10.03: At the beginning of _____________________ situations, psychologists should clarify the roles of the psychologists and the participants, as well as the limits of confidentiality.
Group therapy.
10.04: When clients are in treatment with other mental health providers, psychologists should carefully consider the treatment issues and the potential welfare of clients, ______________ the issues with clients to minimize any confusion, consult with the __________________ when appropriate, and proceed with caution and sensitivity.
- Discuss
- Other providers
10.05: Psychologists may never engage in __________ with current clients.
Sex.
10.06: Psychologists may not have sexual relations with persons who are near to clients, including ____________________ and significant others. In addition, psychologists may not ______________________ with a client in order to engage in such a relationship.
- Close relatives
- Terminate therapy
10.07: Psychologists may never treat ________________________.
Previous sexual partners.
- 08: Psychologists may never have sex with a former client unless at least ___________ have passed since treatment ended. After this two-year interval, psychologists should not enter into sexual relationships with former clients unless the “________________________” exist. The burden remains on the psychologists to prove that there has been no ___________________, especially in light of seven factors:
1) Time passed since termination
2) The nature, intensity, and duration of treatment
3) Circumstances of termination
4) Personal history of the client
5) The client’s current mental status
6) Likelihood of adverse impact
7) Sexual statements made during treatment
- 2 years
- Most unusual circumstances
- Exploitation
10.09: When psychologists enter into employment or contractual arrangements (e.g., managed care contracts), they take reasonable steps to ensure that responsibility for clients’ care will be resolved appropriately when these contracts _________. The _______________________ should be the overriding consideration.
- End
- Welfare of the client
10.10: Psychologists should terminate therapy when it is reasonably clear that the client no longer __________, is not ______________________, or is being harmed by treatment.
- Needs
- Benefitting from
It is ethically permissable to terminate therapy if the client, or someone in a relationship with the client, is _________________ or _________________ the psychologist.
- Threatening
- Endangering
Termination should usually be preceded by ___________________________, which may include suggesting alternative treatment providers when appropriate. Exceptions to the requirement for pretermination counseling include when actions of clients make it __________________ (e.g., sudden refusal to attend therapy sessions) or when it is ___________________ by third-party payors (e.g., managed care companies).
- Pretermination counseling
- Impossible
- Prohibited
