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
VascoGroup private practice, Port Colborne
You are a Registered Psychotherapist in a group practice in Port Colborne. Vasco Pereira, 64, a retired canal lock operator, has seen you for seven months for depression after a back injury ended his career, and he is steadily better. You need surgery and will be off for about twelve weeks, from three weeks today.
When you tell him, he frowns. 'Surgery for what? Is it cancer?'
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About this case
A clinical simulation in the format of the CRPO Registration Examination: 7 sections, 2 Information Gathering and 5 Decision Making, about 17 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 5 (Separation and ending) and Area 6 (Professional practice).
Competencies it exercises
- 4.7Conduct an effective closure process
- 3.10Establish business practices relevant to professional role
- 4.2Establish and maintain core conditions for therapy
- 4.4Conduct an appropriate risk assessment
- 4.6Refer client
- 4.5Structure and facilitate the therapeutic process
From CRPO’s Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile, most exercised first.
Practice standards its reasoning cites
- Standard 1.5General Conduct
- Standard 1.7Dual Relationships
- Standard 1.9Referrals
- Standard 3.1Confidentiality
- Standard 3.2Consent
- Standard 3.5Unnecessary Treatment
- Standard 5.6Record Storage, Security, and Retrieval
- Standard 6.3Discontinuing Services
- Standard 6.4Closing, Selling, or Relocating a Practice
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