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
WendellFamily health team, Brantford
You are a Registered Psychotherapist on a Brantford family health team. Wendell Price, 58, is in his sixth session for low mood and exhaustion. He cares for his mother, who has Alzheimer's, at home each evening. Three months ago your own father died in a care home after years of dementia.
Today Wendell says, 'She didn't know me this morning.' Then: 'You've been through this, haven't you?'
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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 7 (Supervision) and Area 4 (Working towards change).
Competencies it exercises
- 4.5Structure and facilitate the therapeutic process
- 1.4Integrate awareness of self in relation to professional role
- 4.2Establish and maintain core conditions for therapy
- 3.4Evaluate and enhance professional practice
- 4.3Ensure safe and effective use of self in the therapeutic relationship
- 1.5Integrate knowledge of human and cultural diversity
From CRPO’s Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile, most exercised first.
Practice standards its reasoning cites
- Standard 2.1Seeking Consultation, Clinical Supervision, and Referral
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