Practice case
Area 3 · Therapeutic 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
BerylSeniors' outreach service, Bancroft
You are a Registered Psychotherapist with a community mental health agency's seniors' outreach service in Bancroft. You see Beryl Hutchins, 78, at home, where she has stayed since a fall last winter left her afraid to go out. At your third visit, lunch for two is set on her kitchen table.
Her son Clive, 53, who lives with her, pulls up a chair. 'I'll sit in. I know her better than she does.'
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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 2 (Working relationship) and Area 4 (Working towards change).
Competencies it exercises
- 4.2Establish and maintain core conditions for therapy
- 4.1Orient client to therapist's practice
- 3.1Comply with legal and professional obligations
- 4.5Structure and facilitate the therapeutic process
- 3.7Maintain client records
- 1.1Integrate a theory of human psychological functioning
From CRPO’s Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile, most exercised first.
Practice standards its reasoning cites
- Standard 1.7Dual Relationships
- Standard 1.8Undue Influence and Abuse
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