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Panel exam — Luna — Odd ideas, social unease, and energies she reads in people

31-year-old who sells handmade charms online; referred for social anxiety but describes magical thinking and ideas of reference.

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    Meet the panel
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    Examination
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    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 Luna — Odd ideas, social unease, and energies she reads in people. 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

✓ Luna

📋 Candidate brief

You are about to see Luna Castellano, a 31-year-old who makes and sells protective charms online. She was referred for "social anxiety" but the GP noted "unusual beliefs." She lives alone with several cats and has few contacts outside an online group of like-minded people. You have time for a focused assessment. You should aim to: - Build rapport without endorsing or attacking her unusual beliefs - Distinguish schizotypal cognitive-perceptual features from frank psychosis - Assess the social anxiety and its paranoid flavour - Screen for risk and for any progression toward a psychotic illness

⏱ 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.