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
SunitaHospital outpatient mental health program, North Bay
You are a Registered Psychotherapist running an eight-week CBT depression group at a North Bay hospital. Members signed a confidentiality agreement.
Hours before Thursday's group, Sunita Rao, 36, arrives white-faced. She shows you a post by another member, Carol, on a local parents' page her sister-in-law reads. It names the hospital's Thursday group and repeats Sunita's account of her husband's gambling debts. 'Either she goes or I go.'
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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 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 6 (Professional practice) and Area 1 (Initial assessment).
Competencies it exercises
- 4.5Structure and facilitate the therapeutic process
- 4.2Establish and maintain core conditions for therapy
- 4.7Conduct an effective closure process
- 4.4Conduct an appropriate risk assessment
- 2.2Maintain effective relationships
- 3.1Comply with legal and professional obligations
From CRPO’s Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile, most exercised first.
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