Practice case
Area 4 · Working towards changeRead 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
HyacinthRetirement home, Carleton Place
You are a Registered Psychotherapist in private practice. Errol Campbell has engaged you to see his mother, Hyacinth, 88, born in Jamaica, at the Carleton Place retirement home she moved into after a fall. She has mild memory problems, calls staff at night and refuses showers. She has agreed to see you and for you to talk with staff.
Hyacinth tells you, 'I want my own kitchen.'
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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 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 1 (Initial assessment) and Area 3 (Therapeutic relationship).
Competencies it exercises
- 4.5Structure and facilitate the therapeutic process
- 2.3Contribute to a collaborative and productive atmosphere
- 1.2Work within a framework based upon established psychotherapeutic theory
- 1.5Integrate knowledge of human and cultural diversity
- 3.1Comply with legal and professional obligations
- 4.1Orient client to therapist's practice
From CRPO’s Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile, most exercised first.
Practice standards its reasoning cites
- Standard 3.2Consent
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.