Practice case
Area 5 · Separation and endingRead 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
AnalynYouth mental health agency, Prescott
You are a Registered Psychotherapist at a youth mental health agency in Prescott that serves clients until their 18th birthday. For a year you have seen Analyn Dizon, 17, for panic attacks that kept her home from school most of last year; she has been back full-time since September. She turns 18 in eleven weeks. The adult waitlist is about six months.
When you mention her birthday, she freezes. 'Wait. So you're kicking me out?'
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About this case
A clinical simulation in the format of the CRPO Registration Examination: 6 sections, 2 Information Gathering and 4 Decision Making, about 15 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 1 (Initial assessment).
Competencies it exercises
- 4.7Conduct an effective closure process
- 4.4Conduct an appropriate risk assessment
- 4.5Structure and facilitate the therapeutic process
- 4.2Establish and maintain core conditions for therapy
- 4.6Refer client
- 3.10Establish business practices relevant to professional role
From CRPO’s Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile, most exercised first.
Practice standards its reasoning cites
- Standard 1.7Dual Relationships
- Standard 1.9Referrals
- Standard 3.1Confidentiality
- Standard 3.2Consent
- Standard 5.1Clinical Records
- Standard 6.3Discontinuing Services
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.