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The four domains — previewed

What each domain covers and how it’s taught. No signup.

The NPE examines four domains across eight competencies. Below is the approach for each domain — what the material covers, how it’s structured, and what skills it builds. One scroll, no commitment required.

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Domain 1 · Ethics — what to expect

· 3 materials

Legislation and the Code of Ethics are tested at the application level — not recall of sections but judgment under scenario. Each material translates the rules into decision logic you can use mid-case.

Legislation & Mandatory Reporting Map — The National Law, privacy and health-records duties, mental-health provisions (involuntary treatment, informed consent), and duty-to-protect / duty-to-report triggers — with the state-by-state variations the exam expects you to navigate.

The Code of Ethics, Applied — The endorsed Code of Ethics and Board guidelines worked through exam-style scenarios — the general principles and standards as decision rules, not abstractions.

Professional Issues, Supervision & Self-Care — Continuing professional development, self-reflection and self-management, and the role of supervision and peer consultation — framed for the way the exam tests professional judgment.

Domain 2 · Assessment — what to expect

· 5 materials

Four materials cover tests and formulation at depth; a fifth covers the common presentations you need to recognise. The emphasis is on reasoning — selecting and interpreting tests, not memorising normative tables.

The Six Core Tests — WAIS-IV, WISC-IV, PAI, DASS, K-10 and SDQ — purpose, normative basis, scoring logic, and interpretation cautions for the six tests examined in depth. Structure and reasoning only; no copyrighted item content.

Wider Test Familiarity Grid — Use and purpose of the broader battery — intelligence, memory, personality, vocational and mental-health screening instruments the curriculum expects you to recognise.

Mental State Examination & Risk — A structured MSE and the assessment of acute and chronic risk — suicide, self-harm, and harm to others — at the level a generally registered psychologist is expected to perform.

Common Problems — Essential Features — The curriculum’s named psychological problems summarised at the essential-feature level — referring to the current DSM and ICD as the authoritative diagnostic sources, never reproducing their criteria.

Formulation — Data to Hypotheses — Generating and testing hypotheses to build a dynamic understanding of a presentation — the reasoning the Assessment domain rewards.

Domain 3 · Interventions — what to expect

· 4 materials

Models, techniques, and pharmacology fundamentals — mapped to the common presentations so you know which tools fit which problem, not just what the models are called.

Counselling Micro-Skills — Establishing the therapeutic relationship and alliance, active listening, empathic responding, reflection, questioning, summarising, and managing endings.

Evidence-Based Models & When to Use Them — Cognitive-behavioural, psychodynamic and interpersonal, family-systems and ecological, and humanistic / narrative / solution-focused approaches — what each is for and when it fits.

Psychopharmacology Foundations — Drug classification and the pharmacokinetic / pharmacodynamic basics a psychologist needs to collaborate and refer safely — not to prescribe.

Specific Techniques by Problem — Psychoeducation and motivational interviewing, exposure, behavioural activation, relaxation, skills training, and relapse prevention — matched to the common problems in the Assessment domain.

Domain 4 · Communication — what to expect

· 3 materials

Record-keeping standards, report writing for different audiences, and health-system navigation — the professional communication skills the fourth domain tests directly.

Record Keeping that Meets the Standard — Record-keeping that satisfies professional, organisational, ethical, and legislative requirements — the specifics the Communication domain tests.

Report Writing Across Contexts — Writing for different audiences — health professionals, legal and insurance contexts, employers — with the clarity, accuracy, and succinctness expected.

Referral & the Health-Care System — Referral procedures, the roles of other professionals across levels of care, and the health-care system structures a psychologist works within.

Practice

Applied Practice Questions

Original applied multiple-choice questions across all four domains, with worked rationales. Authored items — the official sample papers are used only as a calibration reference, never republished.

Practice

Practice Quiz Bank

A wider bank of 24 original applied questions — six per domain — with instant rationales and a domain filter. Drill a weak area, then run all four for an integrated pass.

Study planning

NPE Study Plan

A structured plan that allocates your preparation across the four domains in proportion to how they are weighted — so nothing is left to the last week.

Study planning

4-Week Study Calendar

A daily-blocked four-week plan across the four domains with spaced-repetition review and scheduled mock-question sessions. Each day has a clear, revealable task.

Study planning

1-Week Intensive

Short on time? A condensed seven-day run-up — high-yield only, a self-marked practice pass, and an exam-eve protocol — for a one-week sprint instead of four.

26 materials across four domains. Authored by a registered Australian psychologist.

Structured preparation for the National Psychology Exam — domain-mapped, exam-applicable, and built by someone who has been through the same registration process.

Get the program — $499

AUD $499 · inc GST · 12 months access · one-time payment