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
VikramGroup private practice, Stratford
You are a Registered Psychotherapist in Stratford. Vikram Chaudhary, 57, takes an antidepressant from the physician who referred him for low mood. He logs every behavioural activation task in a colour-coded spreadsheet, and his depression score has fallen from 19 to 7. His mother died last year; he missed her rites in Pune.
Shown the graph, he says, 'I feel nothing. Which of us is wrong, me or the graph?'
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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 1 (Initial assessment) and Area 6 (Professional practice).
Competencies it exercises
- 4.5Structure and facilitate the therapeutic process
- 3.4Evaluate and enhance professional practice
- 4.2Establish and maintain core conditions for therapy
- 1.3Integrate knowledge of comparative psychotherapy relevant to practice
- 2.3Contribute to a collaborative and productive atmosphere
- 4.4Conduct an appropriate risk assessment
From CRPO’s Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile, most exercised first.
Practice standards its reasoning cites
- Standard 2.1Seeking Consultation, Clinical Supervision, and Referral
- Standard 3.2Consent
- Standard 3.3Communicating Client Care
- Standard 3.5Unnecessary Treatment
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.