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
CamilleIndependent virtual private practice; therapist based in Peterborough
You are a Registered Psychotherapist in Peterborough, seeing all clients by video.
Camille, 33, has seen you for five months for panic and health anxiety. Consent covered video and texting 'for scheduling.' Lately she texts more, including long messages about symptoms after midnight. You have answered some. Today she joins late, again from her car in a shopping-centre lot, engine running. 'It's the only place away from my roommate.'
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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
- 4.2Establish and maintain core conditions for therapy
- 3.1Comply with legal and professional obligations
- 3.10Establish business practices relevant to professional role
- 4.4Conduct an appropriate risk assessment
- 1.5Integrate knowledge of human and cultural diversity
- 4.1Orient client to therapist's practice
From CRPO’s Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile, most exercised first.
Practice standards its reasoning cites
- Standard 3.1Confidentiality
- Standard 3.2Consent
- Standard 3.4Electronic Practice
- Standard 5.1Clinical Records
- Standard 6.1Fees
- 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.