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
GerryPublicly funded community counselling agency, Oshawa
You are a Registered Psychotherapist at an Oshawa agency. Gerry, 58, lost his plant job to a shoulder injury, has a disputed WSIB claim and waited eleven months to be seen. He left both earlier sessions early and would not discuss his marriage.
He arrives late, coat on, speaking first: 'You're what, thirty? Never worked in a plant. The last one did the same nodding thing. I'm wasting my time.'
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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 17 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 7 (Supervision).
Competencies it exercises
- 4.5Structure and facilitate the therapeutic process
- 4.2Establish and maintain core conditions for therapy
- 4.4Conduct an appropriate risk assessment
- 3.4Evaluate and enhance professional practice
- 1.1Integrate a theory of human psychological functioning
- 3.1Comply with legal and professional obligations
From CRPO’s Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile, most exercised first.
Practice standards its reasoning cites
- Standard 5.1Clinical Records
- 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.