ABGC BOARDS COMPREHENSIVE 2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Strategies for reluctant and resistant patients - ✔✔Emotive: reflect patient feelings
abut being coerced (anger, resentment)
Cognitive: challenge patient beliefs that they have no choice to be there and no choice
over their decisions about their situations
Definitional: clarify your role and the patients role to demonstrate how the patient has
some choice and to separate yourself from coercion, attempt to set mutual goals
Provide structure
Use less threatening terms
✔✔supervisor roles
Consultant: - ✔✔principal activity through which supervision typically is conducted.
Supervisor is consultant and student is consultee, they interact collaboratively. There
are mutually agreed upon objectives and supervisor encourages student to self-
evaluate. The focus is on the student's patients
✔✔supervisor roles
Teacher - ✔✔: the primary interaction is instruction, with an emphasis on guidance. The
teacher shares knowledge, skills and strategies. The focus is on the student's
development as a counselor.
✔✔supervisor roles
, Counselor: - ✔✔supervisor is in the counselor role and the supervisee is in the patient
role. Primary interaction is exploration with the goal of promoting self-awareness and
growth. The focus is on the student as a person, support is emphasized.
✔✔supervisor roles
Evaluator: - ✔✔Supervisor is evaluator and supervisee is evaluatee. The primary
interaction is critiquing and providing feedback. The focus is on accountability.
✔✔ENCOURAGES - ✔✔E= eye contact
N= head nods
C= aware of cultural differences
O= open stance toward patients
U= use acknowledgments "um-hmm"
R= relaxes and is natural
A= avoid distracting behaviors
G= matches patient grammatical style
E= listens with third ear
S= uses space appropriately
✔✔ Problem-focused - ✔✔directed toward changing the circumstances confronting the
individual
✔✔Emotion-focused - ✔✔directed toward reducing emotional distress
✔✔Confrontative - ✔✔tries to change the opinions of the person who is in charge
✔✔Distancing - ✔✔acts as if nothing has happened
✔✔Self-controlling: - ✔✔keeps feelings to oneself
✔✔Seek social support: - ✔✔talks with others in the hope of learning more
✔✔Accept responsibility - ✔✔criticizes or blames oneself
✔✔Escape-avoidance - ✔✔hopes for a miracle
✔✔Plan - ✔✔identifies next steps and follows through with them
✔✔Positive reappraisal - ✔✔tries to see any possible positive results or outcomes
✔✔Repression - ✔✔feelings, perceptions, or memories are lost to consciousness. While
it is a defense in its own right, it is also a component of other defenses
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Strategies for reluctant and resistant patients - ✔✔Emotive: reflect patient feelings
abut being coerced (anger, resentment)
Cognitive: challenge patient beliefs that they have no choice to be there and no choice
over their decisions about their situations
Definitional: clarify your role and the patients role to demonstrate how the patient has
some choice and to separate yourself from coercion, attempt to set mutual goals
Provide structure
Use less threatening terms
✔✔supervisor roles
Consultant: - ✔✔principal activity through which supervision typically is conducted.
Supervisor is consultant and student is consultee, they interact collaboratively. There
are mutually agreed upon objectives and supervisor encourages student to self-
evaluate. The focus is on the student's patients
✔✔supervisor roles
Teacher - ✔✔: the primary interaction is instruction, with an emphasis on guidance. The
teacher shares knowledge, skills and strategies. The focus is on the student's
development as a counselor.
✔✔supervisor roles
, Counselor: - ✔✔supervisor is in the counselor role and the supervisee is in the patient
role. Primary interaction is exploration with the goal of promoting self-awareness and
growth. The focus is on the student as a person, support is emphasized.
✔✔supervisor roles
Evaluator: - ✔✔Supervisor is evaluator and supervisee is evaluatee. The primary
interaction is critiquing and providing feedback. The focus is on accountability.
✔✔ENCOURAGES - ✔✔E= eye contact
N= head nods
C= aware of cultural differences
O= open stance toward patients
U= use acknowledgments "um-hmm"
R= relaxes and is natural
A= avoid distracting behaviors
G= matches patient grammatical style
E= listens with third ear
S= uses space appropriately
✔✔ Problem-focused - ✔✔directed toward changing the circumstances confronting the
individual
✔✔Emotion-focused - ✔✔directed toward reducing emotional distress
✔✔Confrontative - ✔✔tries to change the opinions of the person who is in charge
✔✔Distancing - ✔✔acts as if nothing has happened
✔✔Self-controlling: - ✔✔keeps feelings to oneself
✔✔Seek social support: - ✔✔talks with others in the hope of learning more
✔✔Accept responsibility - ✔✔criticizes or blames oneself
✔✔Escape-avoidance - ✔✔hopes for a miracle
✔✔Plan - ✔✔identifies next steps and follows through with them
✔✔Positive reappraisal - ✔✔tries to see any possible positive results or outcomes
✔✔Repression - ✔✔feelings, perceptions, or memories are lost to consciousness. While
it is a defense in its own right, it is also a component of other defenses
