Deck 15: Self-Care, Supervision, and Professional Development

Question 1

Clinicians can keep up with resources in the field by:

A)Reading their professional journals
B)Reading books about special areas of treatment or topics of interest
C)Using Internet resources
D)All of the above.
E)None of the above.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Describe five strategies clinicians can use for self-care.

Answer 2

not answer

Question 3

Discuss how experiencing his or her own personal therapy can be helpful for a clinician.

Answer 3

not answer

Question 4

According to the text, clinician's reactions to clinical work include all of the following EXCEPT:

A)compassion fatigue
B)burnout
C)increased risk of suicide
D)compassion satisfaction

Question 5

Discuss the difference between group supervision, peer supervision and consultation.

Question 6

After many years of clinical work:

A)Clinicians no longer need supervision.
B)A group of clinicians meet and talk about their work with each other which is called group supervision.
C)A group of clinicians meet and talk about their work with each other which is called peer supervision.
D)A group of seasoned clinicians meet and talk about their work with each other which is called consultation.

Question 7

Define "self-empathy" and give an example of a clinician exercising it.

Question 8

The term "impaired clinician" refers to:

A)A clinician who has a physical disability
B)A clinician who is drunk
C)A clinician whose own mental issues or stress affects his or her ability to work with clients
D)None of the above

Question 9

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A)Only a few states require clinicians to take specific amounts of approved continuing education courses or credits.
B)Only in-person courses are eligible for continuing education training credit.
C)These continuing education courses/credits are only given in colleges.
D)Continuing education can focus on working with particular client populations, with specific disorders, or specific methods.

Question 10

Symptoms of clinician burnout or compassion fatigue include all of the following EXCEPT:

A)Physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion
B)Weight gain from eating comfort food
C)Insensitivity to others
D)Sense of futility or helplessness

Question 11

Stresses of clinical work include:

A)Often working in isolation.
B)Feeling overworked.
C)Being underpaid, undervalued, and under-supported.
D)All of the above

Question 12

Which of the following statements about consultation is FALSE?
A.Consultation is usually short-term.
B.Consultation is focused solely on the client.
C.Consultation occurs when the clinician needs advice from someone with specialized knowledge.
D.The clinician must protect the client's confidentiality.

Question 13

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A)Your clinical education is complete when you earn your diploma.
B)In order to protect clients, personal therapy is usually a requirement for entry into an advanced degree clinical program.
C)Clinical supervision is essential for all clinicians.
D)None of the above
E)All of the above

Question 14

Individual supervision should do all of the following EXCEPT:

A)Help supervisees learn how to monitor client progress and faithfulness to goals.
B)Help clinicians learn about how to deal with diversity when working with clients from different cultures.
C)Serve as a kind of therapy for the supervisee so they can thoroughly explore their own issues in depth.
D)Help the clinician understand how normal it is to have difficulties in the clinical relationship by having supervisors share some of their own missteps.