Practice Quiz 4

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Relationship Therapy Practices Quiz

Test your knowledge and understanding of ethical practices in therapy, particularly in relationships and counseling. This quiz consists of 12 multiple-choice questions designed to challenge your awareness of professional boundaries, client interactions, and confidentiality.

12 thought-provoking questions
Applicable for therapists, students, and mental health professionals
Enhance your clinical reasoning skills

12 Questions3 MinutesCreated by HelpingMind42

A therapist, who was formerly employed as a financial planner, now treats couples with relationship issues. Occasionally, the therapist will assist a couple he is treating with financial planning when that is one of the sources of their conflict. The therapist’s behavior is:

Cceptable because he has the training.

Acceptable because it aligns with treatment goals.

Unacceptable because it is outside his scope of practice.

Unacceptable because it is outside his scope of competence.

A client seeks treatment for relationship issues and wants to use her insurance. After the initial assessment, the therapist determines that the client does not meet the criteria for a medical diagnosis to bill the insurance. When the therapist informs the client, the client states that she won’t be able to attend therapy if she can’t use her insurance and states that she really needs help. The therapist should:

Provide the client with a list of low fee providers.

SubSubmit the insurance claim with adjustment disorder diagnosis.mit the insurance claim with adjustment disorder diagnosis.

Submit an insurance claim with the closest possible diagnosis.

Slide her fee to accommodate the client’s income.

A therapist is treating a self-referred 14-year-old adolescent for depression. The client’s parents are divorced and although he spends weekends with his mother, his father has sole legal custody. The client’s mother attempts to contact the therapist to find out how therapy is progressing. How should the therapist respond?

Meet with mother to discuss the client’s progress as she has a right to access information about her child’s treatment.

Refuse to speak with the client’s mother unless the father has signed a release, as he has sole legal custody

Refuse to speak with the mother until you have notified the father and client of the call.

Refuse to speak with the client’s mother unless the son has signed a release.

A therapist sees a new client for severe anxiety and panic attacks. The client is a recent immigrant from Asia and has difficulty understanding and speaking English. What should the therapist do first?

Arrange for a qualified interpreter for the session

Determine the client’s specific language.

Demonstrate nonverbal relaxation techniques

Refer the client out.

A therapist sees a 16-year-old and her mother because of increased anger, family conflict, and defiance at home. The mother reveals that the teenager was sexually abused at an early age, and has never talked about this with anyone. How should the therapist handle the disclosure:

Recommend individual treatment for the teenager.

Normalize the teenager’s reactions.

Discuss the impact of the abuse on the family.

Inform the family that the therapist must file a child abuse report.

A gay couple comes in to see you for the first session. They state that they have been referred by one of the partner’s individual therapist. The referring therapist told them that you have extensive experience in working with gay couples. In actuality, you have treated a good number of heterosexual couples, but have seen only a few gay couples. As their therapist you should:

Contact the referring therapist and correct the information they have about you

Tell the couple that even though you have seen mostly heterosexual couples the dynamic is very similar.

Correct the misconception the couple has and discuss the implication of such correction.

Correct the inaccurate information with both the couple and the referring therapist without divulging your client’s identity.

Provide the client with a list of low fee providers

Submit the insurance claim with adjustment disorder diagnosis.

Submit an insurance claim with the closest possible diagnosis

Slide her fee to accommodate the client’s income.

A 22-year-old woman comes to therapy at the request of her parents. She shares with the therapist that her boyfriend of six months has beat her up a couple times and that her parents want the therapist to convince her to leave him, but she loves him and isn’t going to be told what to do. The therapist should FIRST:

Btain a release to speak with her parents.

discuss the cycle of violence

Acknowledge her right to make decisions about her relationship.

Help her create a safety plan.

A former client dies and the therapist is notified by the client’s wife. The wife submits a written request to access the client’s therapy records. The therapist must:

Assert privilege on behalf of the client.

Provide a copy of the records within 15 working days.

Deny the request.

Request authorization from the client’s legal representative.

An 18 year old client reports that she was sexually molested by her father repeatedly for five years. She now lives at college, and her two little sisters live at home with her father. She is concerned about living away from home because she doesn’t want him to molest her sisters. The therapist should:

Determine if there is suspicion of current molestation.

Report immediately, as the abusive father has access to the sisters.

Report immediately, as the abuse took place when the client was a minor

Help the client create a safety plan for the sisters.

A new client wants to be assured that her sessions are absolutely confidential. When should the possibility of a subpoena for confidential records of a client’s therapy be discussed?

In the first session if it appears that the problem might involve court actions.

In the first session before the client contracts for services.

In the first session after trust and rapport are firmly established.

Whenever the therapist deems it appropriate.

therapist is treating a mother who is going through a contentious divorce. She came to session one day very upset and reports that the husband, who has visitation rights every weekend but does not have legal custody, has taken their children to another state without her permission. The therapist should:

File a child abuse report for abduction

Encourage mother to consult with her lawyer.

Call the police.

Determine whether the children are safe.

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