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CRPO Exam Lab

CRPO Registration Examination

Walk into the CRPO exam already knowing how it feels

Clinical simulations that work like the real examination, every option weighted and explained, and a short session each day planned back from your exam date.

Free now, no account needed: the 10-minute diagnostic, one full case and the library’s modules. Start here takes about 25 minutes and ends with a plan to your exam date. Already subscribed? Sign in

With a subscription

  • 63 cases scored like the exam
  • A daily plan to your exam date
  • 18 lessons, 516 learning cards
  • Full timed mock exams
  • Progress by area of the exam
  • In English and in French
A candidate working through study notes at a library desk.

Everything in the lab

What the lab includes

Used by 100+ candidates preparing for the CRPO exam

Plans

Try it free; one subscription opens the rest

Read the library, work a full case and take the diagnostic before you decide. A subscription opens every other case, Today's sessions, the study plan, lessons, short sets and mock exams, monthly or every three months.

  • Free

    CAD 0

    Open to everyone, no account needed

    • The study library: every module, printable sheet and diagram
    • One full practice case, Amrit, with every weight and reason
    • The 10-minute diagnostic, across the seven exam areas
  • Monthly

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    • Everything in the library, plus:
    • Every other practice case, with every weight and reason
    • The learning cards in Today's session, and card review
    • The interactive lessons, short sets and My focus
    • Your study plan, Today's sessions and Progress
    • Full mock exams, each with its key and breakdown
  • Every 3 months

    Best value

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    • Everything in the library, plus:
    • Every other practice case, with every weight and reason
    • The learning cards in Today's session, and card review
    • The interactive lessons, short sets and My focus
    • Your study plan, Today's sessions and Progress
    • Full mock exams, each with its key and breakdown

Cancel any time. Prices in Canadian dollars.

The app

Take the lab with you

Install the CRPO Exam Lab on your phone, tablet or computer. It opens from your home screen like any other app, in its own window.

  • Study anywhere. Cases, cards and lessons you have opened keep working offline.
  • Your progress follows you. Signed in, it syncs between your phone and computer.
  • No app store needed. Nothing to download from a store; it updates itself.

Try one now

A real section from the Amrit case

Amrit has signed the consent form without reading it and wants to skip straight to therapy. Choose what you would ask, then see how each choice is weighted and why.

Work the whole case

Information gathering · Amrit, first session

Before turning to why he came, what would you want to know to orient Amrit and establish consent?

Select as many as you consider indicated.

Inside the lab

What you will actually be doing

The examination does not ask you to recall definitions. It puts you in a room with a client and scores what you look for and what you do. So does every screen here.

The first section of the Amrit case: the question on orienting a new client and establishing consent in its own card, two of twelve options selected, each showing what you find out.The first section of the Amrit case: the question on orienting a new client and establishing consent in its own card, two of twelve options selected, each showing what you find out.

01Simulations

The exam's own format

A client's situation unfolds over six to eight sections. Some ask what you need to know, some what you would do, and every selection is permanent, as it is on the day.

Try this case
Two chosen options after checking, each with what you find out, its weight and the reason: third parties and fee expectations, each +2 Strongly facilitative, and an option not chosen with its weight.Two chosen options after checking, each with what you find out, its weight and the reason: third parties and fee expectations, each +2 Strongly facilitative, and an option not chosen with its weight.

02Feedback

Then every weight, and the reason for it

Check a section and it opens: the response to each choice, its weight from plus three to minus three, and why it carries that weight, including the options you did not choose.

See it on a real case
A gap on My focus: 3.1 Comply with legal and professional obligations, with case and card results, the harmful choice made and why it cost points, and three steps: reread, drill, practise.A gap on My focus: 3.1 Comply with legal and professional obligations, with case and card results, the harmful choice made and why it cost points, and three steps: reread, drill, practise.

03My focus

Your gaps, and what to do about each

The competencies costing you most points, worked out from every case and card you answer, each with the choice that cost you, the lesson to reread, ten cards to drill and a case to practise it in.

Open My focusSee what My focus shows
Mastery by area of the exam: seven rows, each with its Area chip and colour, a bar, advice and a state from Not started to Secure.Mastery by area of the exam: seven rows, each with its Area chip and colour, a bar, advice and a state from Not started to Secure.

04Progress

Mastery you can trust

Each blueprint area, heaviest first, in its own colour. An area turns secure only at 85 percent or better across two days, so a good evening never counts as mastery.

Open ProgressSee what Progress shows
The duty to report diagram one step in: it asks how old the child is and quotes section 125 (4) of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017.The duty to report diagram one step in: it asks how old the child is and quotes section 125 (4) of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017.

05Decision diagrams

The legal questions, one step at a time

Duty to report, consent and capacity, and access to records, walked as questions, with the provision that decides each step quoted beside it.

Walk a diagram

How it works

Three steps, then a little every day

  1. Set your exam date

    Two questions: when you sit, and how long you have each day. Today's session turns them into a short plan for each day: cards to review, a lesson, and a practice case when there is time.

  2. Practise, then see why

    Work each case as the exam runs it, then check each section and read what every option was worth, including the ones you did not choose.

  3. Watch it become secure

    Progress shows each area of the exam moving from learning to secure. When they hold, sit a full mock exam under exam conditions.

The app

Take the lab with you

Install the CRPO Exam Lab on your phone, tablet or computer. It opens from your home screen like any other app, in its own window.

  • Study anywhere. Cases, cards and lessons you have opened keep working offline.
  • Your progress follows you. Signed in, it syncs between your phone and computer.
  • No app store needed. Nothing to download from a store; it updates itself.

Mock exams

Sit a full mock when you are ready

Ten cases in three hours, one of them unscored, as on the day. Nothing is revealed while you work. The form draws first on 30 cases kept out of practice, so a mock result means something. At the end: separate Information Gathering and Decision Making totals, a breakdown by area and the full key.

On the day

Cases
10, one unscored
Time
3 hours
Sections in each
5 to 8
Option weights
Plus 3 to minus 3
Strands to pass
2, separately

Questions

About the lab

What candidates ask before they start. For the exam itself (format, scoring, fee, dates and eligibility), see the exam questions page.

The CRPO exam, answered
What is the CRPO Exam Lab?

An online preparation platform for the CRPO Registration Examination. It has 93 original clinical cases in the exam's own format: Information Gathering and Decision Making sections, selections that cannot be undone, and every option weighted from +3 to -3 with the reason for its weight. Around them are interactive lessons, review cards, decision diagrams, a study library and full mock exams of ten cases in three hours.

Who is it for?

Anyone preparing to sit the CRPO Registration Examination: RP (Qualifying) registrants working towards the exam, graduates of a psychotherapy programme applying to CRPO, internationally educated applicants meeting Ontario's exam and legal framework for the first time, and clinical supervisors looking for realistic cases to work through with a supervisee.

Is it affiliated with CRPO?

No. It is an independent preparation platform from Canada Therapy & Wellness, not affiliated with or endorsed by the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. Every case is original; nothing is taken from CRPO or COMPASS material.

What can I use without a subscription?

The study library (every module, printable sheet and decision diagram), one full practice case, Amrit, with every weight and reason, and a 10-minute diagnostic across the seven exam areas, all open to everyone without an account. Everything else (the other practice cases, Today's sessions, the study plan, lessons, short sets and mock exams) comes with a subscription.

How much does it cost?

The study library, one full case and the 10-minute diagnostic are free. A subscription opens every other practice case, Today's sessions and the study plan, the learning cards and card review, the interactive lessons, short sets, My focus and the mock exams. It is billed every month or every three months, and the three-month plan costs less per month. Current prices, in Canadian dollars, are shown in the plans on this page and on the subscribe page.

Can I cancel?

Yes, any time. Open Account, then Subscription and billing, choose Manage or cancel, then Cancel subscription on the Stripe page. You keep the full lab until the end of the period you paid for, and your progress stays with your account; the library’s modules stay open to you.

What happens after a free month?

Members who had an account before the subscription began are offered one free month of the full lab. Starting it asks for a payment method, but nothing is charged during the month. When it ends, the plan you chose begins and is charged then, unless you cancel before; cancel before the end, from your account, and you pay nothing.

How many mock exams are there?

Three fixed mocks, Mock 1, 2 and 3, each ten cases to the exam's blueprint, written only for mocks and never shown in practice. All three are open. With a subscription you can sit each one again, though a second sitting tests memory as well, because its key was shown when it ended.

Does it work in French?

Yes. The exam is offered in English and French, and the whole lab is bilingual: every case, lesson, card and mock exam is in both languages, with the French terms of the OPAO's own documents. Switch language from the header on any page.

Does it work on my phone?

Yes. It runs in the browser on a phone, tablet or computer, and installs to your home screen like an app, with no app store. Cases, cards and lessons you have opened keep working offline, and once you sign in your progress syncs between devices. The real exam is written on a computer, so sit your mock exams on one.

Who it is for

For anyone preparing to sit the CRPO Registration Examination

  • RP (Qualifying) registrants

    Registered in the Qualifying class and working towards the exam.

  • Graduates

    Finishing or just finished a psychotherapy programme and applying to CRPO.

  • Internationally educated applicants

    Trained outside Canada and meeting Ontario's exam and legal framework for the first time.

  • Clinical supervisors

    Looking for realistic cases to work through with a supervisee.