Practice case
Area 2 · Working 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
ShaniceGroup private practice, Ajax
You are a Registered Psychotherapist in an Ajax group practice. Shanice Clarke, 26, a social work student, has panic attacks that started at her placement. Her intake says, 'Previous counsellor did not work out.'
Coat still on, she asks, 'Have you worked with Black women before? My last counsellor said I was reading into things about my placement supervisor. I'm not doing that again.'
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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 3 (Therapeutic relationship) and Area 6 (Professional practice).
Competencies it exercises
- 4.2Establish and maintain core conditions for therapy
- 4.3Ensure safe and effective use of self in the therapeutic relationship
- 4.1Orient client to therapist's practice
- 4.5Structure and facilitate the therapeutic process
- 3.4Evaluate and enhance professional practice
- 1.4Integrate awareness of self in relation to professional role
From CRPO’s Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile, most exercised first.
Practice standards its reasoning cites
- Standard 3.6Complaints Process
- Standard 5.2Requests for Reports
New to the format? How the exam works explains the sections and the scoring. What the lab covers maps every standard and competency to its cases.