Term
| What are the the ethical concerns that are particularly challenging when counseling families? |
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Definition
competence
consent
confidentiality
competing interests
protecting client welfare
potl for imposition of counselor values |
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Term
| What are the responsibilities of the counselor when moving from indl counseling to family counseling with a client? |
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Definition
revisit informed consent
revisit issues of goals, parameters of confidentiality and treatment planning |
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Term
| How does the law view family counseling? |
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Definition
| Ea. family member has separate and distinct rights and responsibilities that are indl in nature |
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Term
| How does the law differ from counseling ethics re: privacy/sharing information in family counseling? |
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Definition
| Law generally favors family members who want information revealed; counselors generally favor the family member who wants privacy |
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Term
| What are the risks of client welfare when counseling families? |
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Definition
| What is good for the family may not be in the best interests of an indl in the family, to minimize risks to indls encourage family members to question how counseling relates to their needs and goals as well as the family's |
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Term
| Who has legal rights of control and authority over children |
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Definition
biological parents and court-appointed guardians
stepparents, nonmarried partners, grandparents, family and friends don't have legal rights to confidential info or other privileges afforded to parents |
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Term
| What shld counselors do when intimate partner violence is present in a relationship? Why? |
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Definition
| see the partners indl at least initially bc if one partner is being abused they won't be able to express feelings honestly in a counseling session or risk behavior change |
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Term
| How does confidentiality change when seeing clients as a family or group? |
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Definition
| counselor can only guarantee confidentiality on their own part |
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Term
| How is privileged communication impacted by family or group counseling? |
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Definition
| Generally waived if a third party is present; dif by state |
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Term
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Definition
| right and obligation to make long-range decisions involving education, religious training, meical care and other matters of major sig concerning the child's life |
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Term
| What happens when a parent who is not the legal custodian has physical custody? |
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Definition
| they have the authority to make decisions concerning the child's welfare |
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Term
| What rights do noncustodial parents have? |
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Definition
| unless they are specifically altered the parent maintains their rights even without physical custody, have right to receive correspondance from school, review child's records etc. |
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Term
| What are the four forms of custody |
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Definition
sole custody (one parent has custody)
split custody (one parent awarded custody for some of the children, the other parent has custody of the other children)
divided custody (ea. parent is awarded custody for part of the year)
joint custody (the parents share custody) |
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Term
| What happens when a court issues an order terminating parental rights? |
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Definition
| severs the legal relationship btw a child and the biological or legal parent |
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Term
| What is the court's opinion of a caretaker who is not the child's biological parent and wants custody of the child? |
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Definition
| Courts favor natural parents, the natural parents would have to be found unfit to award custody to a non-parent caretaker |
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Term
| What are some of the counselor's responsibilities when deciding if a client wld be better served individually or in a grp format? |
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Definition
| clients in a grp setting have less freedom to determine the topics or process of counseling so must det if group counseling has a reasonable chance of helping the client meet their goals |
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Term
| What types of clients shld not be included in grps? |
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Definition
| dominant people who are likely to monopolize the grp, hostile, aggressive, severe crisis, suicidal, lack ego strength, psychotic, highly suspicious/paranoid, some personality disorders (like narcissistic and antisocial) |
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Term
| What are the 4 potl dangers to clients in grp work? |
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Definition
scapegoating of members
undue pressure
misuse of confrontation
injury resulting from physical activities |
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