Deck 10: Supervision and Ethics

Question 1

Ronnestad and Skovholt (2003) have found that students in this phase express concern that they have not had many opportunities to observe more advanced professional counselors.

A) lay helper
B) advanced student
C) beginning student
D) senior professional

Answer 1

B

Question 2

This phase of Ronnestad and Skovholt's model is associated with the internship and the later stage of counselor training.

A) lay helper
B) advanced student
C) beginning student
D) senior professional

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Supervision is an integral part of the counseling process, and is an important element in ethical decision making based on a _______ model.

A) clinical
B) practitioners
C) solution focused
D) hermeneutic

Answer 3

D

Question 4

This phase of Ronnestad and Skovholt's model involves the counselor engaged in practice for a number of years in which he or she has worked with a range of clients in a variety of settings.

A) lay helper
B) novice professional
C) experienced professional
D) senior professional

Question 5

Ronnestad and Skovholt (2003) proposed that the primary task of this phase is the development of an integrated and congruent perspective between a counseling role and self-perceptions and personal values.

A) lay helper
B) novice professional
C) experienced professional
D) senior professional

Question 6

A characteristic of this phase is the development of a more flexible and adaptive approach to the application of counseling techniques and interventions.

A) lay helper
B) novice professional
C) experienced professional
D) senior professional

Question 7

There has been a considerable amount of writing about counseling supervision during the past ____ years.

A) 30
B) 50
C) 60
D) 70

Question 8

This phase is associated with the counselor's being seen by colleagues as a seasoned professional.

A) lay helper
B) novice professional
C) experienced professional
D) senior professional

Question 9

The counselor in this phase has a sense of accomplishment and is self-accepting.

A) lay helper
B) novice professional
C) experienced professional
D) senior professional

Question 10

There are a number of models of counselor supervision including all but which:

A) Social role models
B) Therapy based models
C) Stage models
D) Rogerian models

Question 11

This phase of Ronnestad and Skovholt's model coincides with the individual's beginning his or her professional academic training.

A) lay helper
B) novice professional
C) beginning student
D) advanced student

Question 12

A significant change in this phase is the development of more of an inner-focused approach to evaluating and seeking effectiveness.

A) lay helper
B) novice professional
C) beginning student
D) advanced student

Question 13

This phase of Ronnestad and Skovholt's model is exemplified by a professional counselor who has more than 20 years of experience.

A) lay helper
B) novice professional
C) experienced professional
D) senior professional

Question 14

ACES identified _____ standards for counseling supervisors; these standards are identified in terms of personal traits, knowledge, and competencies.

A) 5
B) 11
C) 21
D) 17

Question 15

This person frequently has issues with boundaries, including overidentification with the helpee and inserting one's own values and beliefs into the solution of the problem.

A) lay helper
B) novice professional
C) beginning student
D) advanced student

Question 16

This phase of Ronnestad and Skovholt's model encompasses the first few years after graduation from the counseling program.

A) lay helper
B) advanced student
C) novice professional
D) senior professional

Question 17

The tasks of the administrative supervisor include all but which:

A) Remediating employees
B) Ensuring agency policies are followed
C) Hiring and firing
D) The use of advanced counseling skills

Question 18

Ronnestad and Skovholt (2003) suggested that students in this phase are particularly sensitive to criticism from faculty or supervisors.

A) lay helper
B) novice professional
C) beginning student
D) senior professional

Question 19

____ states have laws requiring professionals such as counselors to report suspected child abuse.

A) 46
B) 42
C) 33
D) 50

Question 20

Ronnestad and Skovholt described the ________ approach as the use of "one's own solutions for the problems encountered"

A) lay helper's
B) novice professional's
C) beginning student's
D) advanced student's

Question 21

Ronnestad and Skovholt (2003) concluded that counselor development of a career has certain characteristics including all but which:

A) the change is organized systematically
B) it is very difficult for counselors to develop and change
C) development always implies change of some sort
D) the change involves succession over time

Question 22

One relevant ethical issue in counselor supervision is promoting the development of the counselor.

Question 23

This phase of Ronnestad and Skovholt's model is identified through experiences of and approaches to helping that are based on no professional training; however, the individual may receive reinforcement for helping others informally.

A) lay helper
B) novice professional
C) beginning student
D) advanced student

Question 24

The layperson is likely to use more empathy than sympathy in understanding the situation.

Question 25

There are several ethical and legal concerns that may place both the counselor and the supervisor at risk, for example, lawsuits or criminal charges.

Question 26

Describe in detail the second phase of Ronnestad and Skovholt's model.

Question 27

Compare and contrast clinical and administrative supervisors.

Question 28

It is uncommon for a supervisor to perform the roles of both clinical supervisor and administrative supervisor.

Question 29

The__________supervisory role is focused on the management of services.

A) managerial
B) clinical
C) administrative
D) executive

Question 30

The role of the supervisor may be understood based on the counselor job functions that are being supervised, for example, administrative or clinical.

Question 31

Supervisors' values, beliefs, professional identity, and so forth influence the horizon of the ethical decision-making process.

Question 32

Researchers have found that only 30% of supervisors received multicultural counseling training compared to 70% of supervisees.

Question 33

Describe in detail the final phase of Ronnestad and Skovholt's model.

Question 34

Counselors do not have a duty to warn an intended victim of a violent crime, for example, when someone makes a threat toward another person in a counseling session and the intent is plausible.

Question 35

A supervisor who acts in the role of ________ supervisor needs to have advanced therapeutic or counseling skills to successfully provide clinical supervision.

A) managerial
B) clinical
C) administrative
D) executive

Question 36

Describe potential dual relationships that may occur between supervisor and supervisee.

Question 37

Ronnestad and Skovholt identified six phases of counselor development. List and describe these phases.

Question 38

Researchers have found that from 1% to 6% of supervisors had sexual relations with supervisees.

Question 39

Beginning counseling students have been found to have a somewhat rigid view, which results in their seeking to find absolute truths in counseling.

Question 40

The Association for Counselor Education and Supervision identified four major supervisory roles including all but which:

A) monitoring clinical performance and professional development of supervisees.
B) encouraging compliance with relevant legal, ethical, and professional standards for professional practice.
C) monitoring client welfare.
D) monitoring personal bias and prejudices.