Washington state Certified Peer Counselor Exam NEWEST
2025 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!!
Differing ideas about recovery in substance use disorders - CORRECT ANSWER- abstinence vs. harm
reduction
Families are integral to recovery for children - CORRECT ANSWER- true, support system, advocates,
environmental change
medical model vs. recovery model of care - CORRECT ANSWER- medical: languages are overly
clinical, disempowering, do not promote hope. Recovery: language and practices that are
person centered and promote hope and other recovery concepts
Person First Language - CORRECT ANSWER- Placing the individual ahead of the challenge. Power
with. Model this. Strengths based. No jargon.
SAMHSA definition of recovery - CORRECT ANSWER- Recovery is a process of change through which
individuals improve their health and wellness, live self-directed lives, and strive to reach their
full potential.
SAMHSA's elements of recovery - CORRECT ANSWER- Hope, person-driven, many pathways, holistic,
peer support, relational, culture, addresses trauma, strengths/responsibility, respect
, Resiliency - CORRECT ANSWER- the ability to adapt effectively and recover from disappointment,
difficulty, or crisis
Two ways peer supporters support recovery - CORRECT ANSWER- Inspire hope and possibility.
Support peers to get in touch with their own inner wisdom. Working with, not giving to, not
doing for. Not sage on the stage but guide on the side. share your own story of hope and
overcoming challenges, support choice and empowerment, encourage opportunities for
additional support
hope is essential for recovery - CORRECT ANSWER- the turning point when we start to have the
smallest belief that our lives can improve. The belief that a positive outcome or better situation
lies ahead.
Peer partner skills - CORRECT ANSWER- listen actively, support engagement, ask recovery supported
questions. SOLER, seat towards peer, open posture, lean toward peer, eye contact, relax
Listen to meaning, feeling, values - CORRECT ANSWER- quietly without judgement, lean in with
curiosity, check your bias and your story, pay attention to feeling and nonverbal cues
Demonstrating understanding - CORRECT ANSWER- paraphrasing, reflecting feeling, responding to
meaning
Orienting - CORRECT ANSWER- what's going to happen, why (what's in it for peer, why do it), how
the process happens
types of questions - CORRECT ANSWER- open ended, direct, clarifying
Recovery story - CORRECT ANSWER- focus on hope, share only when relevant, ask permission, just
the salt and pepper
2025 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!!
Differing ideas about recovery in substance use disorders - CORRECT ANSWER- abstinence vs. harm
reduction
Families are integral to recovery for children - CORRECT ANSWER- true, support system, advocates,
environmental change
medical model vs. recovery model of care - CORRECT ANSWER- medical: languages are overly
clinical, disempowering, do not promote hope. Recovery: language and practices that are
person centered and promote hope and other recovery concepts
Person First Language - CORRECT ANSWER- Placing the individual ahead of the challenge. Power
with. Model this. Strengths based. No jargon.
SAMHSA definition of recovery - CORRECT ANSWER- Recovery is a process of change through which
individuals improve their health and wellness, live self-directed lives, and strive to reach their
full potential.
SAMHSA's elements of recovery - CORRECT ANSWER- Hope, person-driven, many pathways, holistic,
peer support, relational, culture, addresses trauma, strengths/responsibility, respect
, Resiliency - CORRECT ANSWER- the ability to adapt effectively and recover from disappointment,
difficulty, or crisis
Two ways peer supporters support recovery - CORRECT ANSWER- Inspire hope and possibility.
Support peers to get in touch with their own inner wisdom. Working with, not giving to, not
doing for. Not sage on the stage but guide on the side. share your own story of hope and
overcoming challenges, support choice and empowerment, encourage opportunities for
additional support
hope is essential for recovery - CORRECT ANSWER- the turning point when we start to have the
smallest belief that our lives can improve. The belief that a positive outcome or better situation
lies ahead.
Peer partner skills - CORRECT ANSWER- listen actively, support engagement, ask recovery supported
questions. SOLER, seat towards peer, open posture, lean toward peer, eye contact, relax
Listen to meaning, feeling, values - CORRECT ANSWER- quietly without judgement, lean in with
curiosity, check your bias and your story, pay attention to feeling and nonverbal cues
Demonstrating understanding - CORRECT ANSWER- paraphrasing, reflecting feeling, responding to
meaning
Orienting - CORRECT ANSWER- what's going to happen, why (what's in it for peer, why do it), how
the process happens
types of questions - CORRECT ANSWER- open ended, direct, clarifying
Recovery story - CORRECT ANSWER- focus on hope, share only when relevant, ask permission, just
the salt and pepper
