CECE Exam ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
INDIVIDUAL THERAPY - CORRECT ANSWER - also known as individual therapy that
was invented by Alfred Alder who was interested in/believed that feelings of inferiority could be
motivating. Believed each chld is born with unique capabilities and inherently moving toward
the future. Believed these feelings motivated people to strive for wholeness, superiority, and
perfection
Private Logic - CORRECT ANSWER - Private or unconscious beliefs about self, others,
and the world.
holisitic - CORRECT ANSWER - Future oriented, humanistic, and socially focused
Play Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - is a systematic use of a theoretical power through
an interpersonal process where play therapists use their power of play to help clients/children
with psychosocial difficulties and issues and to achieve optimal growth and development. The
goal is for children to learn about themselves, self efficacy, helps children explore alternatives/
perceptions of a problem, practice problem solving, and increase emotional vocab
Rollo May - CORRECT ANSWER - Father of existential therapy
Existential Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - Invented by Viktor Frankl who believed that
people need meaning or and hope in life and that people are responsible for their own actions. If
there is no hope no hope or meaning then the psychological mind can decrease and die. Choices
that people make determines their essence
Ludwig Binswanger: - CORRECT ANSWER - pioneer who developed one of the first
aproaches in existential therapy
Person centered Counseling - CORRECT ANSWER - By Carl Rogers who believed in the
importance of communicating feelings, honest, open and a caring relationship with others
.Emphasizes the therapeutic/empathetic relationship.
,Actualized Tendency - CORRECT ANSWER - Leads Directionality in life , and its about a
person reaching their full potential
Rational Emotive Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - By Albert Elis, believed that children
should be taught positive mental health concepts and should be used in school. His goal was to
help individual's learn rational principles so that they can reduce emotional distress. Emotional
or Behavioral problems can result from irrational beliefs. IF you think rationally, then you can
have healthy behaviors. ABC MODEL AND CAT MODEL- created
Subjective Goal - CORRECT ANSWER - Goal of ideal self
Gestalt Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - By Fritz Perls, Therapist helps clients accept all
thoughts and experiences. therapy in which the therapist helps clients to accept all parts of their
feelings and subjective experiences, using leading questions and planned experiences such as
role-playing. Need identifiication and fullfilment.
Style of Life - CORRECT ANSWER - represents the manifestation of the creative self and
describes a person's unique way of achieving superiority
Behavior Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - therapy that applies learning principles to the
elimination of unwanted behaviors
operant conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER - increase or decrease in consequence after a
behavior
Collective Guilt - CORRECT ANSWER - an emotional response that people can
experience when they perceive their group as responsible for illegitimate wrongdoings
Creative Interventions - CORRECT ANSWER - Helpful for Children or clients who may
be resistant to counseling process and it helps build a trusting relationship. Helps children with
their feelings, express themselves, learn about themselves, and express what is going on in their
lives.
, Solution Focused Brief Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - By Steve De Shazer and Insoo
Kim Beg, with their associates at Family Brief Therapy Center. Approach , not a theory is futire
oriented, goal directed with highlighting the importance of finding a solution. Counselors do not
focus on the problem, and it is strength based approach. Clients describe their lives and what
they want to gain from i or what they want to achieve. Counselors focus on their strengths and
abilities not their weakness's.
Reality Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - By WIlliam Glasser, emphasized personal
responsibility, and there is an emphasis on choice theory too in explaining human behavior.
Focuses on what clients can control, along with choices and behavior. WDEP is in this theory.
Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) - CORRECT ANSWER - is a framework that
systematically differentiates support for students who may have academic, behavioral, emotional
or social challenges, and this framework differentiates the type of support needed into tiers. The
supports are to help increase positive outcomes for students for all students.
ASCA - CORRECT ANSWER - A professional organization that professionals like school
counselors who provide direction and ethical or moral standards during the counseling process
and laws that the counselors may have to abide by. Asca also provides licensure standards,
certification, and standards for counseling
CACREP - CORRECT ANSWER - the counselor for accreditation and school counselor
competencies
Frank parsons - CORRECT ANSWER - The Father of vocational guidance; believed in
teaching more than the academics
Meyer Bloomfield - CORRECT ANSWER - leader in vocational guidance, concerned
nobody was evaluating or guiding children as they transited. advised students and parents about
the future
Jesse B. Davis - CORRECT ANSWER - First to create a curriculum in Michigan
CORRECT Answers
INDIVIDUAL THERAPY - CORRECT ANSWER - also known as individual therapy that
was invented by Alfred Alder who was interested in/believed that feelings of inferiority could be
motivating. Believed each chld is born with unique capabilities and inherently moving toward
the future. Believed these feelings motivated people to strive for wholeness, superiority, and
perfection
Private Logic - CORRECT ANSWER - Private or unconscious beliefs about self, others,
and the world.
holisitic - CORRECT ANSWER - Future oriented, humanistic, and socially focused
Play Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - is a systematic use of a theoretical power through
an interpersonal process where play therapists use their power of play to help clients/children
with psychosocial difficulties and issues and to achieve optimal growth and development. The
goal is for children to learn about themselves, self efficacy, helps children explore alternatives/
perceptions of a problem, practice problem solving, and increase emotional vocab
Rollo May - CORRECT ANSWER - Father of existential therapy
Existential Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - Invented by Viktor Frankl who believed that
people need meaning or and hope in life and that people are responsible for their own actions. If
there is no hope no hope or meaning then the psychological mind can decrease and die. Choices
that people make determines their essence
Ludwig Binswanger: - CORRECT ANSWER - pioneer who developed one of the first
aproaches in existential therapy
Person centered Counseling - CORRECT ANSWER - By Carl Rogers who believed in the
importance of communicating feelings, honest, open and a caring relationship with others
.Emphasizes the therapeutic/empathetic relationship.
,Actualized Tendency - CORRECT ANSWER - Leads Directionality in life , and its about a
person reaching their full potential
Rational Emotive Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - By Albert Elis, believed that children
should be taught positive mental health concepts and should be used in school. His goal was to
help individual's learn rational principles so that they can reduce emotional distress. Emotional
or Behavioral problems can result from irrational beliefs. IF you think rationally, then you can
have healthy behaviors. ABC MODEL AND CAT MODEL- created
Subjective Goal - CORRECT ANSWER - Goal of ideal self
Gestalt Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - By Fritz Perls, Therapist helps clients accept all
thoughts and experiences. therapy in which the therapist helps clients to accept all parts of their
feelings and subjective experiences, using leading questions and planned experiences such as
role-playing. Need identifiication and fullfilment.
Style of Life - CORRECT ANSWER - represents the manifestation of the creative self and
describes a person's unique way of achieving superiority
Behavior Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - therapy that applies learning principles to the
elimination of unwanted behaviors
operant conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER - increase or decrease in consequence after a
behavior
Collective Guilt - CORRECT ANSWER - an emotional response that people can
experience when they perceive their group as responsible for illegitimate wrongdoings
Creative Interventions - CORRECT ANSWER - Helpful for Children or clients who may
be resistant to counseling process and it helps build a trusting relationship. Helps children with
their feelings, express themselves, learn about themselves, and express what is going on in their
lives.
, Solution Focused Brief Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - By Steve De Shazer and Insoo
Kim Beg, with their associates at Family Brief Therapy Center. Approach , not a theory is futire
oriented, goal directed with highlighting the importance of finding a solution. Counselors do not
focus on the problem, and it is strength based approach. Clients describe their lives and what
they want to gain from i or what they want to achieve. Counselors focus on their strengths and
abilities not their weakness's.
Reality Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - By WIlliam Glasser, emphasized personal
responsibility, and there is an emphasis on choice theory too in explaining human behavior.
Focuses on what clients can control, along with choices and behavior. WDEP is in this theory.
Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) - CORRECT ANSWER - is a framework that
systematically differentiates support for students who may have academic, behavioral, emotional
or social challenges, and this framework differentiates the type of support needed into tiers. The
supports are to help increase positive outcomes for students for all students.
ASCA - CORRECT ANSWER - A professional organization that professionals like school
counselors who provide direction and ethical or moral standards during the counseling process
and laws that the counselors may have to abide by. Asca also provides licensure standards,
certification, and standards for counseling
CACREP - CORRECT ANSWER - the counselor for accreditation and school counselor
competencies
Frank parsons - CORRECT ANSWER - The Father of vocational guidance; believed in
teaching more than the academics
Meyer Bloomfield - CORRECT ANSWER - leader in vocational guidance, concerned
nobody was evaluating or guiding children as they transited. advised students and parents about
the future
Jesse B. Davis - CORRECT ANSWER - First to create a curriculum in Michigan
