Practice case
Area 1 · Initial assessmentRead 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
BeatrizCommunity health centre, Brampton
You are a Registered Psychotherapist at a Brampton community health centre. A midwife referred Beatriz, seven weeks postpartum with Lucas, for anxiety and poor sleep.
For three weeks she has pictured her own hands holding Lucas under the bath water. She would never do it; the images sicken her. She has stopped bathing him and not told her husband, Rui, why. 'Are you going to call Children's Aid?'
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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 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
- 4.4Conduct an appropriate risk assessment
- 4.5Structure and facilitate the therapeutic process
- 2.3Contribute to a collaborative and productive atmosphere
- 3.1Comply with legal and professional obligations
- 4.2Establish and maintain core conditions for therapy
- 1.3Integrate knowledge of comparative psychotherapy relevant to practice
From CRPO’s Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile, most exercised first.
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