Health & Wellness Coaching Board Exam Questions and answers |
100% solved Graded A+
The coach uses ____ ______ to notice with _____ and _______what is happening with the client and
with themselves during coaching. - ✔✔mindful awareness/curiosity and non-judgment
goal setting - ✔✔ask client to choose a goal, explores support needed to ensure success, refine goal
to be SMART, use confidence ruler, client restates goal, affirm client's ability to achieve goals
Active listening involves using _________ appropriately to _____ ___ _____ and allowing clients time to
_____, _______, and _______what emerges. - ✔✔silence/ "hold the space" / reflect, process, and
identify
Emotions can generate: - ✔✔insight and impact the brain's capacity for learning and change.
The coach calls attention to - ✔✔positive shifts in the client's energy or emotion that may
support healthy behavior change.
The coach encourages the client to foster:
and harsh self criticism tends to lead to: - ✔✔self-compassion and acceptance of emotions, since
these qualities allow a more honest appraisal of one's behaviors and better self-care./
avoidance and undermines insight.
session close - ✔✔appreciates client's work, reflects what client learned, asks for feedback on
coaching, schedules next session
Attend to the client's:
Acknowledge client's:
,Ask client to describe:
Show:
Foster: - ✔✔1.) state of being (mood/affect/presence)
2.) emotions
3.) emotions when appropriate
4.) empathy (resonance with)
5.) self-compassion
Types of Reflections - ✔✔Simple, Double-sided, amplified, feeling, and meaning
Reflections convey _______ ____________ and give clients the powerful ___________ to __________
the sound of their own words, perspectives, and beliefs. - ✔✔active listening/ opportunity/ witness
Nonjudgmental reflections ________ the client and inspire___________. - ✔✔Engage/ learning
When the coach notices a discrepancy in the client's words, emotions, or behavior, a _______
__________ reflection - ✔✔a double sided/may raise the client's awareness of the discrepancy.
When the coach uses an _____________ reflection, the client may reconsider aspects of
___________________ when they hear the ______________ reflection. - ✔✔amplified/
resistance/exaggerated
The coach helps the client expand possibilities by asking - ✔✔curious questions that evoke
deeper thinking and self-reflection.
Open ended questions (starting with what/how) encourage:
The coach helps expand the client's: - ✔✔1.) exploration and highlight strengths, values,
and opportunities for learning.
2.) perspective and explores interconnections in the client's life.
,Expanding the conversation competencies (6 total) - ✔✔1.) Open-ended & powerful questions
2.) Metaphors- based on client
3.) Brainstorming
4.) Connect the focus to multiple dimensions of client's life
5.)Explore broader perspectives & inspire interest in new possibilities,
6.) Incorporate coach's intuition
The coach facilitates a conversation that balances - ✔✔a client's exploratory thinking with
action oriented focus.
These techniques help narrow the conversation toward decisions, goal-setting, and commitment- all
which support action. (5 total) - ✔✔1.) Closed-ended questions
2.) Interrupt and re-direct
3.) Bottom-lining
4.) Scaling questions (using a scale of 0-10)
5.) Ask the client to summarize the topic
Part 1. An objective of coaching is for the client to be well-informed of the status of his/her health and
well-being. This process begins with: - ✔✔identifying what the client understands.
Part 2
The coach then assists the client in _____and ______health and wellness resources, as well as accurately
______ and ______ multiple sources of health information. - ✔✔Finding/utilizing, evaluating/integrating
.
Part 3
These health info sources may include: (5 total). - ✔✔1.) health care provider input
2.) health & wellness assessments
3.) health risk assessments
4.) basic bio-metrics
, 5.) appropriate referrals.
The coach supports the client in choosing goals and action steps carefully, since ______ and ________
successes predict long-term _________. - ✔✔small/ gradual/engagement.
The coach _________the client's ________and asks ________-__________questions to enhance the
client's _______-_________ and foster new ________________. - ✔✔reflects/views/open-ended/
self-awareness/ perspectives.
Positive reframing is:
Positive conversations are: - ✔✔:looking at things in an alternative, more positive way—to shift
perspectives
:are more likely to inspire motivation and forward progress.
Reframe competencies: (3 total) - ✔✔1.) Address self-defeating perceptions
2.) Explore patterns related to client behaviors and decision tendencies (e.g., triggers,
thoughts, emotions, physical sensations, and environment)
3.) Awareness of self-talk and adjustment as appropriate
patterns related to client behaviors and decision tendencies: - ✔✔triggers, thoughts, emotions,
physical sensations, and environment
The knowledge and experience of the client—vs __________, are: - ✔✔the raw materials for coaching
conversations that facilitate lasting change.
Elicit the client's perspectives including: - ✔✔reasons for change, solutions, ideas, experiments,
desires, reactions, desired outcomes, rewards/incentives
Help client explore and articulate: - ✔✔values, sense of meaning, and purpose
100% solved Graded A+
The coach uses ____ ______ to notice with _____ and _______what is happening with the client and
with themselves during coaching. - ✔✔mindful awareness/curiosity and non-judgment
goal setting - ✔✔ask client to choose a goal, explores support needed to ensure success, refine goal
to be SMART, use confidence ruler, client restates goal, affirm client's ability to achieve goals
Active listening involves using _________ appropriately to _____ ___ _____ and allowing clients time to
_____, _______, and _______what emerges. - ✔✔silence/ "hold the space" / reflect, process, and
identify
Emotions can generate: - ✔✔insight and impact the brain's capacity for learning and change.
The coach calls attention to - ✔✔positive shifts in the client's energy or emotion that may
support healthy behavior change.
The coach encourages the client to foster:
and harsh self criticism tends to lead to: - ✔✔self-compassion and acceptance of emotions, since
these qualities allow a more honest appraisal of one's behaviors and better self-care./
avoidance and undermines insight.
session close - ✔✔appreciates client's work, reflects what client learned, asks for feedback on
coaching, schedules next session
Attend to the client's:
Acknowledge client's:
,Ask client to describe:
Show:
Foster: - ✔✔1.) state of being (mood/affect/presence)
2.) emotions
3.) emotions when appropriate
4.) empathy (resonance with)
5.) self-compassion
Types of Reflections - ✔✔Simple, Double-sided, amplified, feeling, and meaning
Reflections convey _______ ____________ and give clients the powerful ___________ to __________
the sound of their own words, perspectives, and beliefs. - ✔✔active listening/ opportunity/ witness
Nonjudgmental reflections ________ the client and inspire___________. - ✔✔Engage/ learning
When the coach notices a discrepancy in the client's words, emotions, or behavior, a _______
__________ reflection - ✔✔a double sided/may raise the client's awareness of the discrepancy.
When the coach uses an _____________ reflection, the client may reconsider aspects of
___________________ when they hear the ______________ reflection. - ✔✔amplified/
resistance/exaggerated
The coach helps the client expand possibilities by asking - ✔✔curious questions that evoke
deeper thinking and self-reflection.
Open ended questions (starting with what/how) encourage:
The coach helps expand the client's: - ✔✔1.) exploration and highlight strengths, values,
and opportunities for learning.
2.) perspective and explores interconnections in the client's life.
,Expanding the conversation competencies (6 total) - ✔✔1.) Open-ended & powerful questions
2.) Metaphors- based on client
3.) Brainstorming
4.) Connect the focus to multiple dimensions of client's life
5.)Explore broader perspectives & inspire interest in new possibilities,
6.) Incorporate coach's intuition
The coach facilitates a conversation that balances - ✔✔a client's exploratory thinking with
action oriented focus.
These techniques help narrow the conversation toward decisions, goal-setting, and commitment- all
which support action. (5 total) - ✔✔1.) Closed-ended questions
2.) Interrupt and re-direct
3.) Bottom-lining
4.) Scaling questions (using a scale of 0-10)
5.) Ask the client to summarize the topic
Part 1. An objective of coaching is for the client to be well-informed of the status of his/her health and
well-being. This process begins with: - ✔✔identifying what the client understands.
Part 2
The coach then assists the client in _____and ______health and wellness resources, as well as accurately
______ and ______ multiple sources of health information. - ✔✔Finding/utilizing, evaluating/integrating
.
Part 3
These health info sources may include: (5 total). - ✔✔1.) health care provider input
2.) health & wellness assessments
3.) health risk assessments
4.) basic bio-metrics
, 5.) appropriate referrals.
The coach supports the client in choosing goals and action steps carefully, since ______ and ________
successes predict long-term _________. - ✔✔small/ gradual/engagement.
The coach _________the client's ________and asks ________-__________questions to enhance the
client's _______-_________ and foster new ________________. - ✔✔reflects/views/open-ended/
self-awareness/ perspectives.
Positive reframing is:
Positive conversations are: - ✔✔:looking at things in an alternative, more positive way—to shift
perspectives
:are more likely to inspire motivation and forward progress.
Reframe competencies: (3 total) - ✔✔1.) Address self-defeating perceptions
2.) Explore patterns related to client behaviors and decision tendencies (e.g., triggers,
thoughts, emotions, physical sensations, and environment)
3.) Awareness of self-talk and adjustment as appropriate
patterns related to client behaviors and decision tendencies: - ✔✔triggers, thoughts, emotions,
physical sensations, and environment
The knowledge and experience of the client—vs __________, are: - ✔✔the raw materials for coaching
conversations that facilitate lasting change.
Elicit the client's perspectives including: - ✔✔reasons for change, solutions, ideas, experiments,
desires, reactions, desired outcomes, rewards/incentives
Help client explore and articulate: - ✔✔values, sense of meaning, and purpose
