Peer Support Specialist Certification Exam 2025
Questions & Verified Answers / Latest GRADED A+
1. What are the 10 guiding principles of recovery?
1.Person driven
2. many pathways
3. holistic
4. peer support,
5. relational
6. culture
7. address trauma,
8. strengths/responsibility,
9. respect,
10. Hope.
2. Many correct answers on the exam start with what we do in our role such as:
Help Assist
Encourage
3. PSS never advice on less....: it is to speak with the doctor
4. PSS only educate on? American with disability laws
5. What is the working definition of Recovery from mental disorders, and/or substance use
disorders? A process of changed through which in individuals improve their health and wellness, live a
self-directed life and strive to reach their full potential.
6. What are the stages of recovery? Withdrawal early abstinence "honeymoon" protracted abstinence "the
wall " adjustment, 120-180 days and resolution
7. Through the Recovery Support Strategic Initiative, SAMHSA's has delineated what FOUR major
dimensions that support a life in recovery?
1.Health
2. Home
3.Purpose
4. Community
8. What is ambivalence?
, The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something.
The uncertainty and hesitation about fully committing to sobriety.
9. What does ADA stand for and what year was it passed? Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
10. What is motivational interviewing? a client-centered, directive method for enhancing intrinsic
motivation to change by exploring and resolving ambivalence
11. What is cognitive behavioral therapy CBT? Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a psycho-social
intervention that aims to reduce symptoms of various mental health conditions, primarily depression and
anxiety disorders. Cognitive behavioral therapy is one of the most effective means of treatment for
substance abuse and co-occurring mental health disorders.
12. What is the addictive process?
Introductory Phase
Maintenance phase
Disenchantment phase Disaster phase
13. What is dialectic behavioral therapy DBT? Dialectical behavior therapy is an evidence-based
psychotherapy that began with efforts to treat personality disorders and interpersonal conflicts. Evidence
suggests that DBT can be useful in treating mood disorders and suicidal ideation, as well as for changing
behavioral patterns such as self-harm and substance use.
14. What are recovery management skills? Personal life skills after treatment: After treatment, individuals
must learn to develop personal life skills, such as communication, empathy, and interpersonal skills.
These skills are important for repairing past relationships, maintaining past relationships, and developing
new relationships.
15. What is a person-centered service? Peer support services are always directed by the person
participating in services
16. A consumer is strongly faith, based and looking for relative support groups how could the peer
support specialist use this information to enhance their recovery? Explore local faith based support
groups that closely resemble the consumers values and beliefs
17. A consumer, who recently moved into a new room and board expressed concerns of relapse due
to the roommates, engaging in maladaptive coping mechanisms the consumer fears that the
urges may be too strong to resist and risk their recovery. How can the peer support specialist
support the consumer? Assist consumers in brainstorming problem, solving solutions that could help
them maintain their recovery
Questions & Verified Answers / Latest GRADED A+
1. What are the 10 guiding principles of recovery?
1.Person driven
2. many pathways
3. holistic
4. peer support,
5. relational
6. culture
7. address trauma,
8. strengths/responsibility,
9. respect,
10. Hope.
2. Many correct answers on the exam start with what we do in our role such as:
Help Assist
Encourage
3. PSS never advice on less....: it is to speak with the doctor
4. PSS only educate on? American with disability laws
5. What is the working definition of Recovery from mental disorders, and/or substance use
disorders? A process of changed through which in individuals improve their health and wellness, live a
self-directed life and strive to reach their full potential.
6. What are the stages of recovery? Withdrawal early abstinence "honeymoon" protracted abstinence "the
wall " adjustment, 120-180 days and resolution
7. Through the Recovery Support Strategic Initiative, SAMHSA's has delineated what FOUR major
dimensions that support a life in recovery?
1.Health
2. Home
3.Purpose
4. Community
8. What is ambivalence?
, The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something.
The uncertainty and hesitation about fully committing to sobriety.
9. What does ADA stand for and what year was it passed? Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
10. What is motivational interviewing? a client-centered, directive method for enhancing intrinsic
motivation to change by exploring and resolving ambivalence
11. What is cognitive behavioral therapy CBT? Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a psycho-social
intervention that aims to reduce symptoms of various mental health conditions, primarily depression and
anxiety disorders. Cognitive behavioral therapy is one of the most effective means of treatment for
substance abuse and co-occurring mental health disorders.
12. What is the addictive process?
Introductory Phase
Maintenance phase
Disenchantment phase Disaster phase
13. What is dialectic behavioral therapy DBT? Dialectical behavior therapy is an evidence-based
psychotherapy that began with efforts to treat personality disorders and interpersonal conflicts. Evidence
suggests that DBT can be useful in treating mood disorders and suicidal ideation, as well as for changing
behavioral patterns such as self-harm and substance use.
14. What are recovery management skills? Personal life skills after treatment: After treatment, individuals
must learn to develop personal life skills, such as communication, empathy, and interpersonal skills.
These skills are important for repairing past relationships, maintaining past relationships, and developing
new relationships.
15. What is a person-centered service? Peer support services are always directed by the person
participating in services
16. A consumer is strongly faith, based and looking for relative support groups how could the peer
support specialist use this information to enhance their recovery? Explore local faith based support
groups that closely resemble the consumers values and beliefs
17. A consumer, who recently moved into a new room and board expressed concerns of relapse due
to the roommates, engaging in maladaptive coping mechanisms the consumer fears that the
urges may be too strong to resist and risk their recovery. How can the peer support specialist
support the consumer? Assist consumers in brainstorming problem, solving solutions that could help
them maintain their recovery
