CCTP EXAM 2026 PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS A+
CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE
glutamate - CORRECT ANSWER-the most excitatory neurotransmitter
neo-cortex - CORRECT ANSWER-___ shuts down during a traumatic
response
Herman's model - CORRECT ANSWER-model that cla therapeutic
relationship, relaxation/self-regulation, exposure/narrative, cognitive
restructuring - CORRECT ANSWER-4 necessary & primary ingredients for
the resolution of symptoms if traumatic stress
Viktor Frankl - CORRECT ANSWER-said "between stimulus & response
there is a space..." in regards the the component of trauma TX that helps
the survivor begin to build an internal locus of control
relaxation & self-regulation - CORRECT ANSWER-components of trauma
TX that helps the survivor widen & utilize the space btwn. stimulus &
response to begin building an internal locus of control
1980, DSM III - CORRECT ANSWER-yr & version of DSM where PTSD 1st
appeared
, session rating scale - CORRECT ANSWER-developed by Scott Miller in
2002 to collect empirical data from clients in their experience in TX
¹Extratherapeutic Factors. ²Therapeutic Relationship ³Positive Expectancy
⁴Tx Model/Interventions - CORRECT ANSWER-4 primary determinants
of effective TX according to the 3 authors of The Heart & Soul of Change
(Hubble, Duncan, & Miller)
¹ collect empirical data ² generate honest feedback ³ willingness to change
our relational style - CORRECT ANSWER-3 activities that Scott Miller has
determined to be the most potent things we can do to assure positive
outcomes
Benish, et al. - CORRECT ANSWER-conducted a study comparing TX
models for trauma
¹ integrating trauma. ² healing its effects - CORRECT ANSWER-2 tasks
that once completed, enables most Survivors to articulate the positive
effects from the trauma
anterior cingulate cortex - CORRECT ANSWER-brain structure that seems
to play the most significant role in threat perception in the absence of "real"
danger
self-regulating - CORRECT ANSWER-the act of intentionally relaxing ones
body in the context of a perceived threat
AND CORRECT ANSWERS A+
CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE
glutamate - CORRECT ANSWER-the most excitatory neurotransmitter
neo-cortex - CORRECT ANSWER-___ shuts down during a traumatic
response
Herman's model - CORRECT ANSWER-model that cla therapeutic
relationship, relaxation/self-regulation, exposure/narrative, cognitive
restructuring - CORRECT ANSWER-4 necessary & primary ingredients for
the resolution of symptoms if traumatic stress
Viktor Frankl - CORRECT ANSWER-said "between stimulus & response
there is a space..." in regards the the component of trauma TX that helps
the survivor begin to build an internal locus of control
relaxation & self-regulation - CORRECT ANSWER-components of trauma
TX that helps the survivor widen & utilize the space btwn. stimulus &
response to begin building an internal locus of control
1980, DSM III - CORRECT ANSWER-yr & version of DSM where PTSD 1st
appeared
, session rating scale - CORRECT ANSWER-developed by Scott Miller in
2002 to collect empirical data from clients in their experience in TX
¹Extratherapeutic Factors. ²Therapeutic Relationship ³Positive Expectancy
⁴Tx Model/Interventions - CORRECT ANSWER-4 primary determinants
of effective TX according to the 3 authors of The Heart & Soul of Change
(Hubble, Duncan, & Miller)
¹ collect empirical data ² generate honest feedback ³ willingness to change
our relational style - CORRECT ANSWER-3 activities that Scott Miller has
determined to be the most potent things we can do to assure positive
outcomes
Benish, et al. - CORRECT ANSWER-conducted a study comparing TX
models for trauma
¹ integrating trauma. ² healing its effects - CORRECT ANSWER-2 tasks
that once completed, enables most Survivors to articulate the positive
effects from the trauma
anterior cingulate cortex - CORRECT ANSWER-brain structure that seems
to play the most significant role in threat perception in the absence of "real"
danger
self-regulating - CORRECT ANSWER-the act of intentionally relaxing ones
body in the context of a perceived threat
