Practice case
Area 7 · SupervisionRead 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
PauletteCommunity counselling agency, Cobourg
You are a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) at a Cobourg counselling agency, untrained in substance use, in required weekly supervision with Gordon, an RP. Paulette Leblanc, 71, a retired school secretary, sees you for grief since her husband Roger died. She lives alone with his dog.
In session six her jaw is bruised. 'I tripped. I've been having wine most evenings. Don't tell my daughter Chantal. She thinks I can't manage.'
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About this case
A clinical simulation in the format of the CRPO Registration Examination: 7 sections, 3 Information Gathering and 4 Decision Making, about 15 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 1 (Initial assessment) and Area 6 (Professional practice).
Competencies it exercises
- 3.5Obtain clinical supervision or consultation
- 4.4Conduct an appropriate risk assessment
- 3.4Evaluate and enhance professional practice
- 4.5Structure and facilitate the therapeutic process
- 3.2Apply an ethical decision making process
- 4.1Orient client to therapist's practice
From CRPO’s Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile, most exercised first.
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