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
KianaSolo private practice, Chapleau
You are a Registered Psychotherapist in solo private practice in Chapleau. Kiana Nadjiwon, 21, who is Anishinaabe, moved here from her First Nation last fall for a hospital housekeeping job. Her nurse practitioner referred her for panic attacks. She also checks her phone all night for messages from her brother, 16, who has stopped going to school.
'I almost didn't come,' she says. 'My aunt says talking to strangers won't fix this.'
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About this case
A clinical simulation in the format of the CRPO Registration Examination: 5 sections, 2 Information Gathering and 3 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 2 (Working relationship) and Area 6 (Professional practice).
Competencies it exercises
- 4.4Conduct an appropriate risk assessment
- 1.5Integrate knowledge of human and cultural diversity
- 4.5Structure and facilitate the therapeutic process
- 1.1Integrate a theory of human psychological functioning
- 3.10Establish business practices relevant to professional role
- 4.7Conduct an effective closure process
From CRPO’s Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile, most exercised first.
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