Practice case
Area 2 · Working relationshipRead the scenario, then work each section as you would on the exam. When you check a section you see every option's weight and reasoning. A mock exam shows nothing until the end.
Scenario
AmritGroup private practice, Kitchener
You are a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), supervised weekly, in a Kitchener group practice. New clients complete a portal intake package, including a consent form, before the first session. Amrit Sandhu, 41, who works rotating shifts, booked himself eight months after his father died. He submitted the consent form in forty seconds. Now he signs the printed copy unread: 'I've waited five weeks. Can we just start?'
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About this case
A clinical simulation in the format of the CRPO Registration Examination: 7 sections, 2 Information Gathering and 5 Decision Making, about 16 minutes. Each section unfolds what happens next; every selection is final, and every option is weighted from +3 to -3, as on the exam.
Exam blueprint
It also draws on Area 6 (Professional practice) and Area 3 (Therapeutic relationship).
Competencies it exercises
- 4.1Orient client to therapist's practice
- 4.2Establish and maintain core conditions for therapy
- 4.5Structure and facilitate the therapeutic process
- 3.1Comply with legal and professional obligations
- 3.10Establish business practices relevant to professional role
- 3.9Provide reports to third parties
From CRPO’s Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile, most exercised first.
Practice standards its reasoning cites
- Standard 1.2Use of Terms, Titles, and Designations
- Standard 3.1Confidentiality
- Standard 3.2Consent
- Standard 3.3Communicating Client Care
- Standard 3.6Complaints Process
- Standard 4.2Practising with Clinical Supervision
- Standard 5.3Issuing Accurate Documents
- Standard 6.1Fees
New to the format? How the exam works explains the sections and the scoring. What the lab covers maps every standard and competency to its cases.