Cpce Secrets Study Guide: Cpce Test Review for the Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination

Book excerpt: ***Includes Practice Test Questions*** CPCE Secrets helps you ace the Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination, without weeks and months of endless studying. Our comprehensive CPCE Secrets study guide is written by our exam experts, who painstakingly researched every topic and concept that you need to know to ace your test. Our original research reveals specific weaknesses that you can exploit to increase your exam score more than you've ever imagined. CPCE Secrets includes: The 5 Secret Keys to CPCE Success: Time is Your Greatest Enemy, Guessing is Not Guesswork, Practice Smarter, Not Harder, Prepare, Don't Procrastinate, Test Yourself; A comprehensive General Strategy review including: Make Predictions, Answer the Question, Benchmark, Valid Information, Avoid Fact Traps, Milk the Question, The Trap of Familiarity, Eliminate Answers, Tough Questions, Brainstorm, Read Carefully, Face Value, Prefixes, Hedge Phrases, Switchback Words, New Information, Time Management, Contextual Clues, Don't Panic, Pace Yourself, Answer Selection, Check Your Work, Beware of Directly Quoted Answers, Slang, Extreme Statements, Answer Choice Families; Comprehensive sections including: Erickson's Stages of Development, Jean Piaget's Theory of Development, Oedipus and Electra Complexes, Nature vs. Nurture, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, Spirituality and Personality Development, Neuropsychological Assessment, Anxiety and Mood Disorders, Substance-Related Disorders, Treatment Options for Cognitive Disorders, Generativity vs. Stagnation, Cultural Norms, Worldview, Acculturation, and Assimilation, Americans with Disabilities Act, Basic Facts about Suicide, Co-dependency, Active-Directive and Person-Centered Counseling Models, Basic Tenants of the Psychoanalytic Counseling Theory, Counselor/Client Relationship, Object Relations Theory, Rogerian and Gestalt Theories, Existential Therapy, Eric Berne's Transactional Therapy, and much more...