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
Nadira and YasirFamily counselling agency, Petawawa
You are a Registered Psychotherapist at a family counselling agency in Petawawa, with four years of individual therapy behind you. Forty couples are waiting, some for months.
Your manager stops by. 'You did that weekend couples workshop. Can you start the couples list on Monday? I'll add "couples therapist" to your bio.'
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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 13 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 7 (Supervision) and Area 6 (Professional practice).
Competencies it exercises
- 3.4Evaluate and enhance professional practice
- 4.5Structure and facilitate the therapeutic process
- 3.5Obtain clinical supervision or consultation
- 3.1Comply with legal and professional obligations
- 4.1Orient client to therapist's practice
- 4.6Refer client
From CRPO’s Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile, most exercised first.
Practice standards its reasoning cites
- Standard 1.2Use of Terms, Titles, and Designations
- Standard 2.1Seeking Consultation, Clinical Supervision, and Referral
- Standard 4.2Practising with Clinical Supervision
- Standard 6.2Advertising
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