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
ZekeProvincial correctional centre, Penetanguishene
You are a Registered Psychotherapist in the health care unit of a provincial correctional centre in Penetanguishene. Zeke Mahler, 50, is on remand. Over six sessions he has talked mostly about his daughter, Shona, 12. This week two men on his range have threatened him.
Today he leans in. 'Write that I'm suicidal. Then they move me off the range. I'm not. I just need out of there.'
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About this case
A clinical simulation in the format of the CRPO Registration Examination: 7 sections, 3 Information Gathering and 4 Decision Making, about 18 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 2 (Working relationship).
Competencies it exercises
- 4.4Conduct an appropriate risk assessment
- 4.2Establish and maintain core conditions for therapy
- 4.5Structure and facilitate the therapeutic process
- 3.1Comply with legal and professional obligations
- 4.3Ensure safe and effective use of self in the therapeutic relationship
- 2.3Contribute to a collaborative and productive atmosphere
From CRPO’s Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile, most exercised first.
Practice standards its reasoning cites
- Standard 1.5General Conduct
- Standard 3.1Confidentiality
- Standard 5.3Issuing Accurate Documents
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.