Practice case
Area 4 · Working towards changeRead 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
UnaGroup private practice, Wasaga Beach
You are a Registered Psychotherapist in a group private practice in Wasaga Beach, trained and supervised in a body-oriented approach. Una Byrne, 55, has had panic attacks since her father's sudden death last winter. Last month, with her express consent, you rested a hand on her upper back to guide slow breathing; it helped.
Today a panic attack starts mid-session. Gasping, she looks at you.
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About this case
A clinical simulation in the format of the CRPO Registration Examination: 5 sections, 2 Information Gathering and 3 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 3 (Therapeutic relationship) and Area 6 (Professional practice).
Competencies it exercises
- 4.5Structure and facilitate the therapeutic process
- 4.2Establish and maintain core conditions for therapy
- 4.1Orient client to therapist's practice
- 1.2Work within a framework based upon established psychotherapeutic theory
- 4.3Ensure safe and effective use of self in the therapeutic relationship
- 2.1Use effective professional communication
From CRPO’s Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile, most exercised first.
Practice standards its reasoning cites
- Standard 1.7Dual Relationships
- Standard 3.2Consent
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.