Chapter 5

The Supreme Court ruling in Jaffe v. Redmond indicated that:

A. a societal stigma is still associated with seeking counseling

When a client accuses a counselor of wrongdoing through a complain with the counselor's licensure board or through a malpractice law suit filed in a court:

A. the client autonomically waives his or her privacy rights and the counselor can reveal private information related to providing counseling services to the client

Privileged communication statutes

B. Protect clients from having confidential communications with their counselors disclosed in a court of law without their permission

During the time that a counseling student in counseling clients in a practicum or internship setting, the student counselor:

B. has the same obligation to uphold confidentiality a does a licensed counselor

When the client is deceased and there is not statutory language dealing with privilege and the death of the holder, the individual who usually is allowed to assert the privilege is

B. the clients' legal representative

If a counselor is asked to disclose privileged info about a client who cannot be located, then the obligation to assert the privilege rest with a)the cleints next fo kin b)the counselor c)clients attorney d)the client spouse , if any

B. the counselor

Counselors DO NOT have an ethical obligation to uphold the confidentiality of information revealed to them when:

C. they encounter a client in the grocery store and the client reveals information about an even that occurred in the client's life between sessions

It is true that:

C. when counselors share confidential client information with other professionals involved in a client's care, the counselors should first obtain client permission to share the information

When uncertain about the privileged status of information requested for disclosure through a subpoena, a counselor should consult with

D. an attorney who represents the counselor or his or her employer

With respect to confidentiality and privileged communication

D. confidentiality is primarily an ethical issues and privileged communication is primarily a legal issue

All of the following statements are true EXCEPT:

D. counselors should consult with colleagues when they are uncertain about an exception to privileged communication

When a husband subpoenas a counselor to reveal information in a court hearing that was provided by the wife in joint couples counseling sessions , and the wife objects, the counselor

D. should consult with an attorney because laws and court cases vary as to whether the counselor will have to reveal the information over the wife's objections

Breaches of client confidentiality by counselors

E. Occur rarely, and when they do occur usually are inadvertent

Disclosure of confidential information is acceptable under all the following conditions EXCEPT:

E. an attorney send a counselor a subpoena