Questions:

1. What is the definition of therapeutic deception?
2. What are three items a licensee shall not disclose except as provided in Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 611?
3. When shall a licensee ensure the full protection of a client's identity?
4. What are four values that constitute the philosophical bases of the therapeutic relationship that present boundary challenges?
5. What are six stages in attitude formation from past experiences?
6. What are the three steps in the ethics assessment technique?
7. Your ability to be comfortable with yourself is based on what four factors?
8. How does enabling differ from empowering?
9. What are three techniques for setting boundaries?
10. What are two consequences therapists have to consider when reporting domestic violence?

Answers:

A. Communications, records, or identity of a client.
B. A representation by a licensee that sexual contact with, or sexual exploitation by, the licensee is consistent with, or a part of, a client's or former client's counseling.
C. 1. What is the context of the situation? 2. What are the client’s goals? 3. Is there a potential harm?
D. When using data obtained from a professional counseling relationship for the purposes of education or research.
E. 1. reaction, 2. trial-and-error, 3. effective response, 4. feeling “right,” 5. reinforcement, 6. others are “wrong”.
F. Empowering is the process of assisting the client to solve their own problem or issue through self action. Enabling can be described as the therapist improving the situation by appearing to “fix” the problem without true involvement of the client.
G. Worth for the individual, self-determination; sharing the benefits of society; and the mutual rights of your client and society.
H. 1. acceptance of self; 2. flexible adaptive pattern; 3. ability to deal with negative attitudes; and 4. realize self-liking is always changing.
I. 1) children sometimes get taken out of their homes prematurely or more likely, 2) children who report domestic violence to counselors who are mandated to report the DHS are not removed from the home and many times suffer harsh consequences from the batterer for talking to outsiders in the first place.
J. Think in a preventative fashion, discuss ethical situations with the client in the initial session, and get feedback from colleagues.