Deck 6: Dual Relationships

Question 1

Those who practice a __________approach have historically recommended against the use of self-disclosures in counseling or therapy.

A) person-centered
B) cognitive
C) psychodynamic
D) behavioral

Answer 1

C

Question 2

When a counselor changes roles by becoming a supervisor this is referred to as:

A) Shifts in professional roles
B) Personal and professional role conflicts
C) Circumstantial multiple roles
D) Structured multiple roles

Answer 2

A

Question 3

In regards to clinical and administrative supervision supervisors should:

A) never be administrative supervisors
B) always combine administrative and clinical supervision
C) always separate administrative and clinical supervision
D) never be clinical supervisors

Answer 3

C

Question 4

"Hearing your difficult life story makes me feel sad" is an example of:

A) a self-linking statement
B) a self-involving statement
C) a self-disclosing statement
D) a self-connecting statement

Question 5

Zur suggested one can differentiate boundaries into two categories: ________________and acceptable behavior.

A) personal and professional role conflicts
B) circumstantial multiple roles
C) shifts in professional roles
D) structural elements of the relationship or role

Question 6

Cashwell, Shcherbakova, and Cashwell (2003) proposed that two common ways of interpreting counselor self-disclosure are as either a self-disclosing statement or a self-_______ statement.

A) linking
B) connecting
C) involving
D) relating

Question 7

____________was an early opponent of counselor or therapist self-disclosure.

A) Freud
B) Beck
C) Ellis
D) Erikson

Question 8

When a counselor has two or more types of relationships with a client concurrently this is called:

A) a friendship
B) a dual relationship
C) an acquaintance
D) a companionship

Question 9

Statements that the therapist makes that reveal something personal about the therapist is referred to as:

A) self-disclosure
B) using reflection
C) using empathy
D) developing rapport

Question 10

Handshakes between male counselors and female clients or female counselors and male clients who are ___________would be inappropriate.

A) Catholic
B) Hassidic Jews
C) Mormon
D) Baptists

Question 11

The exchange of goods and services is defined as:

A) sliding scale
B) pro bono work
C) fee arrangements
D) bartering

Question 12

Social role theory initially focused on roles related to _________ and position.

A) age
B) ethnicity
C) gender
D) culture

Question 13

_________ role theory provides insight into how boundaries may be understood

A) Social
B) Biological
C) Psychological
D) Ecological

Question 14

This may occur in a rural community where personal contact is more likely outside the professional relationship.

A) Shifts in professional roles
B) Personal and professional role conflicts
C) Circumstantial multiple roles
D) Structured multiple roles

Question 15

Training setting relationships include the relationship between the teacher and student, the role each plays in the relationship. This is referred to as:

A) Shifts in professional roles
B) Personal and professional role conflicts
C) Circumstantial multiple roles
D) Structured multiple roles

Question 16

This type of supervision involves exploration into the counselor's personal issues that interfere with the client counselor relationship.

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

Question 17

The ACA codes include standards addressing duals relationships under Section

A) A.8, Group Work
B) A.5, Roles and Relationships With Clients.
C) B.6.e, Assistance with Records
D) C.2.f, Continuing Education

Question 18

Counselor self-_________statements have been found to increase client perceptions of expertness and trustworthiness

A) disclosing
B) connecting
C) involving
D) relating

Question 19

Dual relationships ___________ harm a client.

A) in no way
B) never
C) always
D) sometimes

Question 20

Zur proposed that _________ tend to avoid touch because there can be easy misunderstandings of the intent of touch, for example, sexual intentions.

A) Russians
B) Germans
C) Americans
D) Canadians

Question 21

Counselors are not legally bound to maintain a relationship that is characterized by activities such as doing no harm and maintaining confidentiality.

Question 22

How do cognitive schemas impact the counseling process? Please provide an example.

Question 23

Pearson and Piazza (1997) identified several types of relationships that affect professionals. Please list and describe the four types of relationships they identified.

Question 24

Having dual or multiple relationships with clients may or may not be a problem; however, the potential for problems increases

Question 25

This occurs when the professional and a client meet in an unstructured social setting such as a store.

A) Shifts in professional roles
B) Personal and professional role conflicts
C) Circumstantial multiple roles
D) Structured multiple roles

Question 26

Cognitive __________ are associated with social roles.

A) schemas
B) connections
C) associations
D) links

Question 27

Codes can provide guidance around relationships such as those between former clients, students, and employees.

Question 28

Zur suggested one can differentiate boundaries into two categories. Describe these two categories.

Question 29

Greeting a client in a public setting may unintentionally break confidentiality.

Question 30

Avoiding dual relationships in certain circumstances is always possible.

Question 31

Zur (2007) noted that one benefit of dual relationships between client and counselor is the power differential.

Question 32

The ACA Code of Ethics does not provide insight and direction concerning dual relationships.

Question 33

This is defined as "a comprehensive pattern of behavior and attitudes, constituting a strategy for coping with a recurrent set of situations, which is socially identified more or less clearly as an entity"

A) social positions
B) social roles
C) social attitudes
D) social behaviors

Question 34

Describe three types of touch that are appropriate for counseling.

Question 35

Inherent in counselors' professional role is their decreased level of power and influence.

Question 36

Define dual relationships and give two examples.

Question 37

The ACA Code of Ethics (ACA, 2005), states that sexual relationships with former clients or their family members are prohibited for a period of ___ years after the cessation of counseling.

A) 20
B) 30
C) 5
D) 10

Question 38

Boundaries may include not just physical boundaries that are commonly associated with ethical violations such as sexual contact between counselor and client.

Question 39

Counselor boundaries that potentially affect ethical behaviors, in addition to physical boundaries, include all but what:

A) Social
B) Psychological
C) Financial
D) Empathic

Question 40

A client, who typically comes into counseling vulnerable and open to influence, may readily agree to more than a professional relationship because he or she wants to be accepted by the counselor.