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| Professional Practice and Ethics | Assessing counselor competency to work with a specific client, Practicing legal and ethical counseling within professional codes, Obtaining informed consent and assessing capacity to provide it, Explaining limits of confidentiality, including for electronic communication. About 15% of the exam. |
| Intake, Assessment, and Diagnosis | Conducting a biopsychosocial intake interview, Conducting a diagnostic interview and initial interview, Conducting a cultural formulation interview, Performing and interpreting a Mental Status Exam. About 25% of the exam. |
| Areas of Clinical Focus | Mood concerns: hopelessness, depression, and related physical symptoms, Anxiety, worry, fear, panic, and somatic anxiety presentations, Trauma- and stressor-related physical and emotional issues, Crisis presentations and safety risk assessment. About 3% of the exam. |
| Treatment Planning | Collaborating with clients to set treatment goals and measurable objectives, Establishing short- and long-term goals consistent with the diagnosis, Identifying barriers that affect goal attainment, Identifying client strengths and protective factors that support goals. About 15% of the exam. |
| Counseling Skills and Interventions | Establishing and maintaining the therapeutic alliance, Applying theory-based interventions, Aligning interventions with client developmental level and population, Aligning interventions with modality. About 27% of the exam. |
| Core Counseling Attributes | Awareness of self and the counselor’s impact on clients, Genuineness and congruence in the therapeutic relationship, Empathic attunement and empathic responding, Unconditional positive regard and non-judgmental stance. About 15% of the exam. |
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