A) bartering is an acceptable practice among other professionals in your community.
B) you cannot afford to provide pro bono service.
C) you suggest bartering and the client agrees to this arrangement.
D) the client does not have mental health insurance.
E) you are designing and plan to build a new house and the client is an architect whose skills you can use.
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A) counselors are in agreement that such relationships are always wrong.
B) experts all agree that such relationships are always harmful to clients.
C) there is no consensus among professionals as to which dual relationships are acceptable and which are not.
D) most counselors agree that dual relationships invite greater authenticity and congruence from counselors and can improve their professional judgments.
E) experts agree that if clients assent to dual relationships, the dual relationships are acceptable to the profession.
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A) may be acceptable if the counselor believes the disclosure will benefit the client.
B) is acceptable if the client is not uncomfortable with the counselor's disclosure.
C) is encouraged to demonstrate that the counselor is genuine and human.
D) usually results in harm to the client.
E) is a practice that is universally accepted by counseling professionals.
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A) would never get into trouble as long as the counselor can justify the hug as part of the therapeutic process.
B) are doing what almost all counselors do at some point in their careers.
C) will never be able to obtain professional liability insurance.
D) expose themselves to serious claims of ethical violations because of the prohibition against touching clients in the professional literature.
E) should be cautious and ensure the client is comfortable with the touching.
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A) everyone agrees when a boundary has been violated, whereas it is hard to reach agreement as to whether a boundary has been crossed.
B) a violation involves a sexual relationship.
C) a crossing occurs in almost every counseling session, while violations are less frequent.
D) in a crossing, a boundary is shifted to meet the needs of the counselor, making sure the client is not harmed in the process.
E) a violation involves a serious breach of the code of ethics that results in a client being harmed.
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A) are prohibited by the ACA Code of Ethics.
B) specifically are allowed, under specified conditions, by the ACA Code of Ethics.
C) generally should be avoided because they create a potential for problems
D) occur infrequently because most counselors disapprove of them in all circumstances.
E) have been entered into by about 95% of all counselors.
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A) poor professional judgment.
B) a boundary violation.
C) a boundary crossing.
D) a detrimental dual relationship.
E) a violation of the code of ethics standard on non-professional relationships.
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A) involving loans from the client to the counselor.
B) involving a sexual relationship between the client and the counselor.
C) that a reasonable person would object to.
D) in which the counselor and client both knew before the dual relationship began knew that it might be problematic, but went ahead and entered into it anyway.
E) involving business relationships between the counselor and the client .
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A) it can be difficult to recognize potential dual relationships before they occur
B) the counseling profession has little consensus about their propriety, with the exception of sexual dual relationships
C) all dual relationships are avoidable if the counselor practices conscientiously
D) traditional notions about the propriety of dual relationships are being challenged by newer, innovative approaches to counseling
E) the potential outcomes of dual relationships range from beneficial to harmful
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A) report the offending professional to the appropriate state licensing board.
B) report the offending professional to the ACA Ethics Committee.
C) encourage the client to file a lawsuit against the offending professional.
D) respect the client's decision to take action or not to take action against the offending professional.
E) advocate for the client by filing an ethics complaint on the client's behalf.
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A) one who has had a number of ethical complaints filed against him/her in the past.
B) is a professionally isolated male counselor who is experiencing distress or crisis in his personal life.
C) is a male counselor under the age of 30.
D) is a counselor who has few friends and who has low self-esteem.
E) is a person who has a number of emotional problems and who has been in counseling for a number of years.
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A) counselors are vulnerable in counseling relationships.
B) clients are vulnerable in counseling relationships.
C) counselors and clients would often become friends if boundaries did not exist.
D) counselors and clients naturally are attracted to each other.
E) clients might use counselors to get their personal needs met if there were no boundaries.
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A) military counselors are rarely asked to evaluate service members whom they counsel
B) military counselors may have a superior-subordinate relationship with their clients
C) counselors who work in the military usually practice off-base
D) it is difficult for someone steeped in military training to feel empathy
E) they are less comfortable with role blending than are counselors in other settings
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A) a limit that promotes nonmaleficence
B) a frame around the therapeutic relationship that defines the participants' roles in the relationship
C) a situation in which a counselor enters into two or more roles with a help seeker
D) an inappropriate intimacy between counselor and client
E) a potentially beneficial interaction between counselor and client
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A) should never accept the gift.
B) should always accept the gift.
C) should take into primary consideration the monetary value of the gift.
D) should evaluate the meaning the client attaches to the offering of the gift.
E) should consider offering a similar gift in return.
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