Practice case
Area 6 · Professional practiceRead 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
BartoszHospital program and Saturday private practice, Espanola
You are a Registered Psychotherapist working weekdays in a hospital outpatient program in Espanola, and you have rented a room for a Saturday private practice. Your first private client, Bartosz Wróbel, 48, a paper mill shift worker, is booked for tomorrow morning: he has barely slept since his father's funeral in Poland last spring. Tonight, rereading the hospital's insurance certificate, you see it covers only your hospital work.
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About this case
A clinical simulation in the format of the CRPO Registration Examination: 5 sections, 2 Information Gathering and 3 Decision Making, about 14 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 3 (Therapeutic relationship) and Area 4 (Working towards change).
Competencies it exercises
- 3.10Establish business practices relevant to professional role
- 3.1Comply with legal and professional obligations
- 3.7Maintain client records
- 4.2Establish and maintain core conditions for therapy
- 2.2Maintain effective relationships
- 4.1Orient client to therapist's practice
From CRPO’s Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile, most exercised first.
Practice standards its reasoning cites
- Standard 1.1Responsibility toward the College
- Standard 5.3Issuing Accurate Documents
- Standard 6.1Fees
- Standard 6.4Closing, Selling, or Relocating a Practice
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.