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
KeeganCommunity counselling agency, Guelph
You are a Registered Psychotherapist at a community counselling agency in Guelph. Keegan Doucette, 31, has seen you for eight months for low mood after his restaurant closed and a relationship ended. His mood has lifted with a new job. He arrives early now and asks about your weekend.
With five minutes left he says: 'I think I've fallen for you. I'm not really here for the depression any more.'
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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 4 (Working towards change), 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
- 4.3Ensure safe and effective use of self in the therapeutic relationship
- 1.2Work within a framework based upon established psychotherapeutic theory
- 1.4Integrate awareness of self in relation to professional role
From CRPO’s Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile, most exercised first.
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