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
XavierCommunity counselling agency, Kemptville
You are a Registered Psychotherapist at a community counselling agency in Kemptville. Xavier Morgan, 59, who owns the hardware store, has been referred to your ten-week grief group after his wife died in the spring.
In the screening interview he says the group 'sounds good'. Then he asks, 'Who else is in it? People know me in this town.'
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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 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 6 (Professional practice) and Area 1 (Initial assessment).
Competencies it exercises
- 4.1Orient client to therapist's practice
- 3.1Comply with legal and professional obligations
- 4.2Establish and maintain core conditions for therapy
- 4.5Structure and facilitate the therapeutic process
- 4.6Refer client
- 3.10Establish business practices relevant to professional role
From CRPO’s Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile, most exercised first.
Practice standards its reasoning cites
- Standard 3.1Confidentiality
- Standard 3.2Consent
- Standard 5.1Clinical Records
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.