Katie Has Just Accepted Her First Position as a Counselor

question 11

Multiple Choice

Katie has just accepted her first position as a counselor in a community agency.An agency policy requires her to conduct an intake interview with each client,determine a diagnosis,and establish a treatment plan-all in the first session.Once a diagnosis is established,clinicians have a maximum of five more sessions with a given client.What ethical and legal standards are possibly broken?

• A) Ethical and legal standards requiring professionals to assess a client for at least five sessions before diagnosing
• B) Ethical and legal standards requiring professionals to carefully assess and accurately diagnose clients before commencing any intervention
• C) Ethical and legal standards requiring professionals to forgo diagnosing a client in order to properly treat the problem
• D) Ethical and legal standards requiring professionals to pick a diagnosis that fits a criteria in order for insurance reimbursement

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