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
JarrettCommunity counselling agency, Fort Erie
You are a Registered Psychotherapist at a community counselling agency in Fort Erie. Jarrett, 28, a drywaller, came to the agency's walk-in clinic for stress after a layoff. Four months ago he finished tapering off buprenorphine with his family doctor in Welland.
Near the end of your first meeting he says, 'Last week I used fentanyl. Twice. Don't make it a big deal.'
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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 3 (Therapeutic relationship) and Area 6 (Professional practice).
Competencies it exercises
- 4.4Conduct an appropriate risk assessment
- 4.5Structure and facilitate the therapeutic process
- 4.2Establish and maintain core conditions for therapy
- 1.3Integrate knowledge of comparative psychotherapy relevant to practice
- 2.3Contribute to a collaborative and productive atmosphere
- 4.1Orient client to therapist's practice
From CRPO’s Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile, most exercised first.
Practice standards its reasoning cites
- Standard 3.3Communicating Client Care
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.