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| A family calls to make an appointment with a mental health professional to address communication issues. The BEST response would be: |
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| Consider the issues and if the therapist has the experience to meet the family's needs |
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| A middle-aged accountant terminated therapy two months ago after a year of treatment. At termination, he had a small outstanding balance he promised to pay. However, even though you have sent him several bills, he has yet to pay the balance. You receive a letter from another therapist requesting copies of evaluations from your file, and the letter includes authorizations signed by the accountant. As an ethical therapist, you should: |
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| Send copies of the requested evaluations to the therapist |
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| A supervisor charges supervisees for supervision. This practice is: |
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| Ethical as long as the fees are discussed before supervision occurs |
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| Your clients had come to you in great distress. Now after months of working on their relationship, they are doing so well that they decided to celebrate by taking their dream vacation to Paris. When they return, they bring you a small box of chocolate. Your best course of action is to: |
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| Accept the gift and explore its meaning or significance for the clients |
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| A male therapist is seeing a young woman to help her with suicidal ideation. She has been making great progress. He lives in a small town and runs into the client's brother at a bar. They talk and hit it off. The client's brother invites the therapist on a date. The therapist's best response is to: |
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| A 15 year old comes to therapy with his mother's consent. He admits to you in your session that he has been smoking marijuana twice a week. He states it helps him calm down and feel less angry. He has been angry since his mother remarried his stepfather. He does not like his stepfather and thinks he mistreats his mother. The mother calls you later in the week asking for a report on his treatment. What should the therapist do? |
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| A 15 year old comes to therapy with his mother's consent. He admits to you in your session that he has been smoking marijuana twice a week. He states it helps him calm down and feel less angry. He has been angry since his mother remarried his stepfather. He does not like his stepfather and thinks he mistreats his mother. The mother calls you later in the week asking for a report on his treatment. What should the therapist do? |
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| Joan is an intern at an agency that specializes in borderline personality disorder. When is the best time to discuss the limits of confidentiality? |
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| At the onset of services. |
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| Which of the following would be considered an unacceptable multiple relationship? |
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| The therapist accepts a generous offer from a client's husband to help back her new business venture |
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| Sal Silverstein is a newly licensed marriage and family therapist. He also has a PhD in chemistry. His business card says: Sal Silverstein, PhD, Individual and Relationship Therapy Lic. #124568, Sliding Scale Fee. This card is inappropriate according to AAMFT Code of Ethics because: |
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| It lists his chemistry degree. |
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| Which of the following is true about the provisions of the AAMFT Code of Ethics regarding the exchange of goods or services for therapy? |
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| The exchange of goods or services for therapy is discouraged but not completely prohibited |
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| You have made an arrangement with another therapist to pay him $25 for each new client he refers to you. This is: |
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| Unethical if payment of only for the referral. |
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| A therapist is working in the office where records are usually stored in a locked filing cabinet and in a locked room. The therapist suddenly receives an emergency call that her son has been taken to the hospital and it appears he has had a drug overdose. The therapist leaves the office abruptly to go to the hospital. She leaves the office unlocked and the cabinet open, but she thinks another clinician will be there shortly and can lock it. The therapist has: |
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| Acted unethically; according to the ethical standards records should be protected at all times |
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| A client diagnosed with borderline personality disorder loses her job and cannot afford services. She is a bookkeeper and offers to do bookkeeping in exchange for continuation of her treatment. What is the therapist's best course of action? |
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| Avoid bartering, and discuss alternatives for the client to receive the treatment she needs |
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| A clinician who also is a professor at a local university discusses her clients as examples to make teaching points. This therapist has acted: |
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| Ethically if steps were taken to hide the clients' identity or the clients signed a release of information |
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| An MFT is treating a couple in therapy. The wife signs a release for treatment records to be shared in a court hearing. What should the therapist do? |
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| Avoid disclosure unless both parties sign a release |
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| A therapist is aware that a colleague has committed a minor ethical violation. According to the literature regarding ethical concerns with colleagues, what is the therapist's best course of action? |
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| Discuss the ethical violation with the colleague and attempt to resolve it |
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| Jessie, a licensed MFT, is intending to terminate therapy with her client. The client calls Jessie and is in a major crisis. What is Jessie's best course of action? |
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| Continue to see the client until the crisis has abated |
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| A client has been in therapy for over a year. He originally came to therapy for help regarding anxiety and depression. Over the course of a year, the client has made little change, does not take feedback from the therapist, and in general does not seem to benefit from treatment. According to the ethical standards, what should the therapist do? |
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| Discuss therapy termination and give the client referrals to other therapists |
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| The Code of Ethics (AAMFT, 2015) requires MFTs to address which of the following with clients prior to commencing technology-assisted professional services? |
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| Potential risk and benefits of the services |
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| An intern has been having a relationship with a licensed therapist. The therapist needs a female to see one of his current clients. He suggests to the intern that she could see the client at his office, he can provide supervision, and pay her $50 for the session. The intern is eager to start earning money and agrees since her current internship pays her a small stipend. In this case, the therapist and the intern have: |
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| Acted unethically as the therapist cannot supervise the intern since they are involved romantically |
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| Which of the following is an example of an acceptable dual relationship? |
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| You see your husband's secretary in private therapy |
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| To ensure that informed consent is truly "informed," an MFT should: |
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| Make sure the client understands the information in the form before signing it |
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| Gene and Kelly have been fighting extensively over the last few months with fights escalating and becoming violent at times. The two women have decided to start therapy together. Kelly states things would be better if Gene would learn to keep her big mouth shut at times. Both women are looking angrily at each other. As part of the informed consent, the therapist should let the women know: |
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| Therapy has the potential to break up relationships. |
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| As part of the informed consent process, an MFT should tell research participants: |
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About any discomfort or risks they may experience
About any limits of confidentiality
That they can withdraw from the study at any time without penalty |
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| Martha is an MFT who has been practicing for 7 years. She has a robust private practice with a full schedule. She recently lost her mother, and then found out her husband was cheating on her. Furthermore, her 17-year-old son was arrested for breaking into a neighbor's home. She finds herself having a hard time getting out of bed in the morning and feels overwhelmed all day. What should she do regarding her current practice? |
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| Engage in therapy of her own and cut back on caseload for awhile by temporarily referring clients. |
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| Bob is a Caucasian therapist who has been practicing in West Los Angeles for approximately 20 years. An African American lesbian client comes to see him and talks about issues related to discrimination, sexism, and homophobia. As an ethical therapist, what should Bob do? |
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| Examine how race, gender, and other biases can impact this client as well as his own attitudes and beliefs. |
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| Jane wants to start a practice where she provides technology-assisted professional services. In order to be compliant with ethical standards, she should first: |
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| Have adequate training and experience |
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| A mental health professional has been working with a family in addressing communication difficulties. During the most recent session, you learn that the teenage son has been beating up his 9-year-old brother for a few weeks and most recently caused bruising by punching him in the arms. How should the mental health professional legally respond? |
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| inform the family of your limitations to confidentiality and file a child abuse report |
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| A mental health professional believes his client poses a serious danger of physical violence to another individual. According to the 1976 Tarasoff decision, which of the following is required? |
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| Invoke duty to protect by warning victim, notifying the police, or taking whatever action is necessary to protect the intended victim |
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| A mental health professional is seeing a 13-year-old client without the consent of his parents. It was documented that involving the parents would be inappropriate. In regards to payment, who is held responsible? |
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| Which of the following is legally true in the state of California? |
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| Minor may consent to an abortion without parental consent |
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| A mental health professional has been meeting with a 13-year-old girl at the consent of her parents. She informs the mental health professional she is pregnant and plans on having an abortion. How should the mental health professional respond? |
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| A mental health professional meets with a 17-year-old female who said her husband slapped her the other night during an argument. How should the mental health professional legally respond? |
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| Make a child abuse report to the appropriate authorities |
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| When a child's biological or adoptive parents are divorced, who gives consent for the child to receive therapy? |
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Both parents must give consent no matter if they share legal custody or not
IM ALMOST CERTAIN. i KNOW THE PRESENT PARENT HAS TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS REGARDING CUSTODY |
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| Under HIPAA, which of the following circumstances may a mental health professional deny a patient access to his/her protected health information? |
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| Which of the following is legally required at the beginning of therapy? |
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| Disclose the fee and how its computed |
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| A 14-year-old client reports that she's recently been stalked by a few gang members, and although they haven't physically harmed her, they have made threatening gestures towards her. She refuses to tell her parents and doesn't want the mental health professional to either. What is the BEST response in this situation? |
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| Break confidentiality by contacting the police and/or the client's parents if it seems to be in the best interest to do so |
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| As defined in California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5250, at the expiration of an initial 72-hour hold, if an individual is a danger to themselves, a danger to others, or gravely disabled, the following can occur? |
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| An additional 14-day hold may be considered |
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| The "holder of privilege" of a deceased client is: |
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| The clients personal representative (not heirs, or surviving spouse children etc) |
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| Which of the following is true regarding a potential suicidal client? |
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| The mental health professional is legally and ethically permitted to break confidentiality in any way that is likely to prevent the client from harming him/herself |
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| An intern is beginning a new supervision relationship. To meet legal requirements: |
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| The supervisor must sign a Responsibility Statement for Supervisors |
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| A mental health professional is legally required to do which of the following? |
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| Give new clients a copy of the Notice of Privacy of Practices, disclose his/her fee for services, and post the Notice and his/her license in a visible place in the office |
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| A family terminated treatment with a mental health professional 3 months ago. They have an outstanding balance and have ignored attempts to pay off the balance. The mental health professional receives a request from another therapist for a summary of the family's records. The mental health professional should: |
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| Send the therapist a copy of the family's records as long as it was accompanied by signed authorizations from all family members. |
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| The therapist receives a request for the clinical records from the wife of a client who recently died. The therapist should: |
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| Inform the wife that you are obligated to continue protecting his confidentiality after his death |
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| hich of the following is required that mental health professionals do in advance of providing therapy via technology? |
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Obtain informed consent for the use of telehealth
Inform the client of potential risks and limitations of telehealth treatment
Provide the client with the therapist's license type and number |
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| A client tells a mental health professional that her previous therapist made sexual comments about her appearance. How should the mental health professional respond in this situation? |
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| Provide her with a copy of the brochure Professional Therapy Never Includes Sex, and discuss her options |
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| The _____________ specifically applies to client information that is created, received, transmitted, or maintained in electronic format only. |
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| Supervision may occur in any setting through the use of videoconferencing, including private practice. |
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| which of the following is TRUE in providing telehealth services? |
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| Client must give verbal consent |
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| Mental health professionals may solicit testimonials of any kind from their clients. |
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