A student intern in an agency helps a homeless client find a ...

[Medesa]

A student intern in an agency helps a homeless client find a place to stay overnight and goes with that client to make sure that they can get in. The supervisor feels that this behavior is inappropriate and allows the client to get too close to the counselor. The supervisor feels that this is a violation of boundaries. The student's professor feels that the student made the right decision. The conflict between supervisor and professor's beliefs represents which of the following two key ethical issues?
 
  a. informed consent vs. competence (boundaries)
  b. confidentiality vs. competence (boundaries)
  c. power vs. social justice
 d. social justice vs. competence (boundaries)

Question 2

Which of the following roles or relationships is completely banned for counselors in their professional practice?
 
  a. sexual/romantic relationships
  b. professional role change
 c. nonprofessional relationships
  d. all of these

[tdewitt]

Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

d