NETA Wellness Coaching Certification Exam Questions and Answers

Health - Answer-State of complete physical mental and social well-being; not just the absence of disease Wellness - Answer-an active process through which people become aware of and make choices towards a more successful existence; an integrated and dynamic level of functioning oriented toward maximizing potential dependent on self-responsibility 8 dimensions of the wellness wheel - Answer-physical, intellectual, spiritual, social, emotional, environmental, occupational, financial Resiliency - Answer-Ability to bounce back from adversity, learn new skills, develop creative ways of coping, and become stronger wellness coach - Answer-collaboration in a client-centered approach to facilitate achievement of goals for healthy living Wellness coach DOES: - Answer-focused on clients strengths, listens vs talks all the time, evokes intrinsic motivation, collaborate, client is responsible for actions, client discovers own solutions, focus on the present and moving forward, and asks the what and how Wellness coach DOESN'T - Answer-focus on fixing clients problems, substitute therapy or counseling, diagnose or medicate, tell people what to do, treatment for mental health disorders, trick people into doing what they don't want to do, ask "why?", focus on history and looking back, and directive & descriptive concrete experimentation - Answer-feel and experience something rather than thinking reflective observation - Answer-observing something rather than acting on a situation abstract conceptualization - Answer-deep thinking rather than doing active experimentation - Answer-doing rather than observing Vark learning styles - Answer-Visualizing, Auditory, Read/Write, Kinesthetic OCEAN - Answer-openness, conscioentiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism Social Cognitive Theory factors - Answer-environmental, behavioral, personal