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Panel exam — Claire — Burned out, behind, and unable to lower the bar

44-year-old project lead signed off with exhaustion; cannot delegate, cannot finish, and cannot understand why others won't do it properly.

  1. 1
    Meet the panel
  2. 2
    Examination
  3. 3
    Deliberation
  4. 4
    Verdict
Dr. Compass
Dr. Compass
Exam proctor
Here to help you get oriented before the panel begins.
Welcome — this is your oral exam on Claire — Burned out, behind, and unable to lower the bar. I'm Dr. Compass, your proctor. You'll present to Dr. McFreudian, Dr. Lynahana, and Dr. Ramezani. Take five to ten minutes with the candidate brief to prepare — there's a prep timer below if you'd like one. Choose your orientation and difficulty, then press Begin exam. Any questions for me first? Just speak — I'm listening.

Your case

✓ Claire

📋 Candidate brief

You are about to see Claire Hoffman, a 44-year-old project lead signed off work with exhaustion. She works 70-hour weeks, redoes her team's work, and is months behind because nothing is ever finished to her standard. Her partner says she is "never off duty." You have time for a focused assessment. You should aim to: - Engage her competence while gently loosening the rigid 'mistakes are catastrophic' stance - Establish the perfectionism, rigidity, over-control and work-life imbalance (Sperry/DSM) - Distinguish OCPD from OCD and from a depressive disorder - Notice intellectualization/feeling avoidance and the relational costs; formulate

⏱ Prep timerTake 5–10 minutes with the brief before you begin.

Exam settings

The panel will ask about your chosen theoretical orientation, your conceptualization, treatment plan, and the legal, ethical, and diversity considerations the case raises. Stay in your chosen orientation throughout.

A structured, time-limited psychotherapy grounded in the idea that psychological distress arises from maladaptive thoughts, beliefs, and learned behaviours rather than unconscious conflict. CBT targets the interconnection between cognition, emotion, and behaviour to achieve symptom reduction and durable change.

Balanced. Substantive but supportive. Good default.

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When you're ready, the panel will welcome you and start asking questions.