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
OksanaEmployee assistance program, Ottawa
You are a Registered Psychotherapist with a six-session employee assistance program (EAP). Oksana, 39, a personal support worker in long-term care, originally from Ukraine, was referred by her manager for 'workplace stress'. You taught her grounding last session but have not taken a trauma history.
In session three, describing an outbreak night shift, she stops mid-sentence. Her breathing is rapid, her gaze fixed. She does not respond to her name.
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About this case
A clinical simulation in the format of the CRPO Registration Examination: 7 sections, 2 Information Gathering and 5 Decision Making, about 17 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 5 (Separation and ending) and Area 6 (Professional practice).
Competencies it exercises
- 4.5Structure and facilitate the therapeutic process
- 4.2Establish and maintain core conditions for therapy
- 1.2Work within a framework based upon established psychotherapeutic theory
- 4.4Conduct an appropriate risk assessment
- 4.1Orient client to therapist's practice
- 1.5Integrate knowledge of human and cultural diversity
From CRPO’s Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile, most exercised first.
Practice standards its reasoning cites
- Standard 1.9Referrals
- Standard 2.1Seeking Consultation, Clinical Supervision, and Referral
- Standard 3.1Confidentiality
- Standard 3.2Consent
- Standard 6.3Discontinuing Services
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