NCE/CPCE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED AND GRADED A++
2024/2025
Counseling
Professional relationship that empowers diverse individuals, families, and groups to
accomplish mental health, wellness, education, and career goals.
8 CACREP coursework areas
Professional orientation and ethical practice, Social and cultural diversity, Human
growth and development, Career development, The helping relationship, Group work,
Assessment, Research and program evaluation.
NCC
National Certified Counselor
CORE
Council on Rehabilitation Education
ACA
American Counseling Association
LPC
Licensed Professional Counselors
CCMHC
Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor
NCSC
,National Certified School Counselors
MAC
Master Addictions Counselor
ASCA
American School Counselor Association
AMHCA
American Mental Health Counselor Association
AAMFT
American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
IAMFC
International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors
ACCA
American College Counseling Association
NRCA
National Rehabilitation Counseling
Client factors that lead to effectiveness of counseling
Readiness for change, psychological resources, and social supports.
Empathy
One of the most important characteristics; popularized by Carl Rogers.
Acceptance
Also called positive regard or unconditional positive regard.
Genuineness
,Ability to be authentic, open, and in touch with his/her feelings and thoughts; sometimes
called congruence.
Embracing a wellness perspective
Attend to one's own wellness to be an effective counselor.
Cultural competence
Clients from non-dominant groups tend to be more misunderstood, misdiagnosed, find
counseling less helpful and drop out more quickly from counseling; RESPECTFUL
Counseling Model.
RESPECTFUL Counseling Model
R: Religious/spiritual identity
E: Economic class background
S: Sexual identity
P: Psychological development
E: Ethnic/racial identity
C: Chronological disposition
T: Trauma and other threats to their personal well-being
F: Family history
U: Unique physical characteristics
L: Language and location of residence
The "It" Factor
Unique personality characteristics that allow the counselor to build alliances with clients;
Salvador Minuchin called this "joining."
Competence
, Having expertise and mastery in your field and having a thirst for knowledge.
Cognitive Complexity
Being a critical thinker; being willing to question one's theories and integrate new
approaches (can increase over one's lifespan).
Myths, magic, ritualism, belief in spirits, sacred art
Early means of gaining introspection.
Shamans
Individuals with special mystical powers who were early caretakers of the soul.
Psyche
Gradually developed from the concept of soul.
Egyptian
First "psychological" writings found on ________ papyrus, dated 3000 BCE.
Hippocrates
(460-377 BCE)
Replaced evil spirits as cause of human problems with environmental and natural
causes.
Hippocrates
(460-277 BCE)
Suggested methods of treating mental illness.
Monotheistic religion
Abundant examples of attempts to understand self; belief in only one God.
Duhkha
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED AND GRADED A++
2024/2025
Counseling
Professional relationship that empowers diverse individuals, families, and groups to
accomplish mental health, wellness, education, and career goals.
8 CACREP coursework areas
Professional orientation and ethical practice, Social and cultural diversity, Human
growth and development, Career development, The helping relationship, Group work,
Assessment, Research and program evaluation.
NCC
National Certified Counselor
CORE
Council on Rehabilitation Education
ACA
American Counseling Association
LPC
Licensed Professional Counselors
CCMHC
Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor
NCSC
,National Certified School Counselors
MAC
Master Addictions Counselor
ASCA
American School Counselor Association
AMHCA
American Mental Health Counselor Association
AAMFT
American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
IAMFC
International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors
ACCA
American College Counseling Association
NRCA
National Rehabilitation Counseling
Client factors that lead to effectiveness of counseling
Readiness for change, psychological resources, and social supports.
Empathy
One of the most important characteristics; popularized by Carl Rogers.
Acceptance
Also called positive regard or unconditional positive regard.
Genuineness
,Ability to be authentic, open, and in touch with his/her feelings and thoughts; sometimes
called congruence.
Embracing a wellness perspective
Attend to one's own wellness to be an effective counselor.
Cultural competence
Clients from non-dominant groups tend to be more misunderstood, misdiagnosed, find
counseling less helpful and drop out more quickly from counseling; RESPECTFUL
Counseling Model.
RESPECTFUL Counseling Model
R: Religious/spiritual identity
E: Economic class background
S: Sexual identity
P: Psychological development
E: Ethnic/racial identity
C: Chronological disposition
T: Trauma and other threats to their personal well-being
F: Family history
U: Unique physical characteristics
L: Language and location of residence
The "It" Factor
Unique personality characteristics that allow the counselor to build alliances with clients;
Salvador Minuchin called this "joining."
Competence
, Having expertise and mastery in your field and having a thirst for knowledge.
Cognitive Complexity
Being a critical thinker; being willing to question one's theories and integrate new
approaches (can increase over one's lifespan).
Myths, magic, ritualism, belief in spirits, sacred art
Early means of gaining introspection.
Shamans
Individuals with special mystical powers who were early caretakers of the soul.
Psyche
Gradually developed from the concept of soul.
Egyptian
First "psychological" writings found on ________ papyrus, dated 3000 BCE.
Hippocrates
(460-377 BCE)
Replaced evil spirits as cause of human problems with environmental and natural
causes.
Hippocrates
(460-277 BCE)
Suggested methods of treating mental illness.
Monotheistic religion
Abundant examples of attempts to understand self; belief in only one God.
Duhkha
