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
DylanUniversity counselling service, London, Ontario
You are a Registered Psychotherapist at a university counselling service in London, Ontario, which allows twelve sessions a year. Dylan, 20, a trans man estranged from his parents since coming out, came for low mood.
In session nine, unshaven and barely sleeping for three weeks, he tells you he was sexually assaulted at a party. He has never told anyone. Then: 'So I've got three left, right? Then that's it.'
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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 3 (Therapeutic relationship) and Area 1 (Initial assessment).
Competencies it exercises
- 4.7Conduct an effective closure process
- 4.5Structure and facilitate the therapeutic process
- 4.2Establish and maintain core conditions for therapy
- 4.6Refer client
- 4.4Conduct an appropriate risk assessment
- 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 1.9Referrals
- Standard 2.1Seeking Consultation, Clinical Supervision, and Referral
- Standard 3.4Electronic Practice
- Standard 5.1Clinical Records
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.