CMTBC: module 8 QUESTIONS WITH
100% CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR MASSAGE THERAPY QUESTIONS
create inviting questions - correct answer ✔✔Promote reflection and response without judging.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR MASSAGE THERAPY QUESTIONS
clarify assumptions - correct answer ✔✔Pay attention to contradictory or concerning
information.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR MASSAGE THERAPY QUESTIONS
ask with sensitivity - correct answer ✔✔How questions are asked may result in patients shutting
down or opening up
GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR MASSAGE THERAPY QUESTIONS
maintain a participant-observer stance - correct answer ✔✔Recall the purpose of each question
and be honest about reasons for pursuing it.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR MASSAGE THERAPY QUESTIONS
, consder "why" questions carefully - correct answer ✔✔Ask patients for opinion or context
regarding their pain or stress. Remember that some "why" questions may cause patients to feel
interrogated or defensive.
comprehensive attention to a patient's words, behaviour, and physiological presentation. -
correct answer ✔✔active listening
compromises attention when body systems interfere with concentration.
For example, if a therapist provides a treatment while enduring a severe tension headache or
feeling hungry, the therapist this. These distractions interfere with attention because they
challenge a person's mood, recall, and emotions. - correct answer ✔✔Physiological noise
If a person experiences stress, loss, or relationship conflict, he or she may feel this as their
internal conflicts or memory of an emotionally significant event compete for attention with
what is being said during a conversation. - correct answer ✔✔psychological noise
The ambient music in the clinic is not to the RMT's liking and is getting on her nerves - correct
answer ✔✔psychological noise
While they are actively listening to patients, therapists must also pay attention to their own
______________
Standing back from oneself and examining one's responses is called taking a "participant-
observer stance."
For RMTs, noticing and separating their own responses from those of the patient is sometimes
as important as appreciating the patient's needs. - correct answer ✔✔internal responses.
100% CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR MASSAGE THERAPY QUESTIONS
create inviting questions - correct answer ✔✔Promote reflection and response without judging.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR MASSAGE THERAPY QUESTIONS
clarify assumptions - correct answer ✔✔Pay attention to contradictory or concerning
information.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR MASSAGE THERAPY QUESTIONS
ask with sensitivity - correct answer ✔✔How questions are asked may result in patients shutting
down or opening up
GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR MASSAGE THERAPY QUESTIONS
maintain a participant-observer stance - correct answer ✔✔Recall the purpose of each question
and be honest about reasons for pursuing it.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR MASSAGE THERAPY QUESTIONS
, consder "why" questions carefully - correct answer ✔✔Ask patients for opinion or context
regarding their pain or stress. Remember that some "why" questions may cause patients to feel
interrogated or defensive.
comprehensive attention to a patient's words, behaviour, and physiological presentation. -
correct answer ✔✔active listening
compromises attention when body systems interfere with concentration.
For example, if a therapist provides a treatment while enduring a severe tension headache or
feeling hungry, the therapist this. These distractions interfere with attention because they
challenge a person's mood, recall, and emotions. - correct answer ✔✔Physiological noise
If a person experiences stress, loss, or relationship conflict, he or she may feel this as their
internal conflicts or memory of an emotionally significant event compete for attention with
what is being said during a conversation. - correct answer ✔✔psychological noise
The ambient music in the clinic is not to the RMT's liking and is getting on her nerves - correct
answer ✔✔psychological noise
While they are actively listening to patients, therapists must also pay attention to their own
______________
Standing back from oneself and examining one's responses is called taking a "participant-
observer stance."
For RMTs, noticing and separating their own responses from those of the patient is sometimes
as important as appreciating the patient's needs. - correct answer ✔✔internal responses.
