CERTIFICATION EVALUATION 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH PRACTICE SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ Modifying the Treatment Plan. Answer: Update goals, strategies,
or tactics when goals are met, new problems arise, or no progress
occurs.
◉ Reasons to Modify Plan. Answer: Goal achieved, new issue arises,
lack of progress, or client requests focus change.
◉ Structural Impasse. Answer: Therapy stalls due to problems with
the treatment plan (e.g., poor goal selection, false agreement).
◉ Collaborative Treatment Planning. Answer: Involves the client in
goal setting, strategy selection, and negotiation of the treatment
plan.
◉ Working Alliance Components. Answer: Agreement on goals,
agreement on tasks, bond between therapist and client.
, ◉ Shared Decision-Making. Answer: Therapist and client
collaboratively choose treatment approach, integrating client
preferences and therapist expertise.
◉ "Doctor Knows Best" Model. Answer: Therapist makes decisions
alone, limiting client involvement.
◉ "Independent Choice" Model. Answer: Client chooses alone
without therapist guidance; risks poor treatment match.
◉ Termination. Answer: Final phase of therapy focused on
consolidating gains, planning for the future, and ending the
therapeutic relationship.
◉ Termination Tasks. Answer: Reflect on progress, prepare for
future, process the ending of the therapeutic relationship.
◉ CMRA Termination Model. Answer: Consolidation, Maintenance,
Resolution, Acceptance.
◉ Consolidation Phase. Answer: Review therapy goals, progress, and
create a coherent narrative of client change.