Practice case
Area 1 · Initial assessmentRead 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
TomásSolo private practice, Windsor
You are a Registered Psychotherapist in private practice. On Monday, in a first session his physician suggested, Tomás Reyes, 34, describes a separation, a humiliating access arrangement and discipline at the plant where he works nights. 'Some nights I drive home and think it would be easier if I just didn't take the exit.' He laughs. 'I'm not going to do anything stupid. I've got the kids.'
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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 14 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 6 (Professional practice).
Competencies it exercises
- 4.4Conduct an appropriate risk assessment
- 4.5Structure and facilitate the therapeutic process
- 3.1Comply with legal and professional obligations
- 4.2Establish and maintain core conditions for therapy
- 1.1Integrate a theory of human psychological functioning
- 3.4Evaluate and enhance professional practice
From CRPO’s Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile, most exercised first.
Practice standards its reasoning cites
- 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.