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
GillesCommunity counselling agency, Timmins
You are a Registered Psychotherapist at a bilingual agency in Timmins, working in French with Gilles Bérubé, 61, whose son Mathieu died of an opioid overdose. After fourteen months of work, you have agreed together to end next week.
He says, 'I've been dreading next week. Could we keep going, once a month?' He smiles. 'And afterwards, come ice fishing with me and my wife Denise. You've earned it.'
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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 3 (Therapeutic relationship) and Area 4 (Working towards change).
Competencies it exercises
- 4.5Structure and facilitate the therapeutic process
- 4.7Conduct an effective closure process
- 4.4Conduct an appropriate risk assessment
- 4.2Establish and maintain core conditions for therapy
- 1.5Integrate knowledge of human and cultural diversity
- 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 1.7Dual Relationships
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.