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
UlrichPrivate practice contracted to an employee assistance program, Cornwall
You are a Registered Psychotherapist seeing employee assistance program clients in Cornwall. Ulrich Brandt, 52, a mill foreman, threw a wrench while shouting at a young millwright. Human resources 'strongly recommended' counselling and had him sign a form letting you confirm attendance and 'report on progress'.
Arms folded, he puts the form on the table. 'They made me come. What are you going to tell them about me?'
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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 14 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
- 4.5Structure and facilitate the therapeutic process
- 4.1Orient client to therapist's practice
- 4.4Conduct an appropriate risk assessment
- 3.1Comply with legal and professional obligations
- 4.2Establish and maintain core conditions for therapy
- 1.1Integrate a theory of human psychological functioning
From CRPO’s Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile, most exercised first.
Practice standards its reasoning cites
- Standard 6.3Discontinuing Services
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.