Evaluations
Psychological evaluations are useful tools in helping gain a deeper understanding about the causes, nature, and manifestations of your symptoms as well as your personality type and function.
Psychological evaluations are intended to provide a structured, organized, and succinct description of current psychological functioning including cognitive abilities and emotional experience. Psychological evaluation offers insight as to the severity of a particular disturbance and of the capacity for adequate functioning. It is a formal and structured way of gathering objective information about a person for the purpose of making decisions and sorting out questions about the particular child, adolescent, or adult. In addition, a psychological evaluation may be used to confirm or modify the impressions formed by referring therapists or educators through their less structured interactions in therapy or in the classroom. A comprehensive evaluation can identify needs in therapy, highlight issues that may come up in treatment, recommend particular forms of intervention, and offer guidance about potential outcomes of treatment.
What is involved in a psychological evaluation?
A comprehensive psychological evaluation begins with a clinical interview. It includes any number of psychological tests depending on the nature of the questions posed about the client. Testing generally takes several hours to complete and usually requires separate appointments. Psychological tests can include assessments of personality styles tests of emotional well-being, intellectual (or IQ) tests, tests of academic achievement, tests for possible neurological damage, and tests for specific psychological disturbances and their severity. The evaluation may also include interviews with significant others (such as parents, spouses, or teachers), as well as a review of past records and relevant documents. Finally, a formal integrated written report of findings is provided along with recommendations based on those findings; presented in a personal, interactive feedback meeting.
The use of psychological tests requires years of training that involves not only learning how to administer the tests, but also how to incorporate all the information from a variety of tests, background information, and interviews, with the clinical knowledge of theories, of research, of the nature of psychological problems, of personality styles, and of human development. Psychologists are the only mental health professionals who are fully trained and qualified to use psychological tests. It is the professional gathering and integration of all this material about a person that is the process of a psychological evaluation.
We offer different types of evaluations and assessments, including:
Academic, Learning Disabilities, and Vocational:
These evaluations can:
- Help identify the nature or source of academic challenges preventing individuals from moving forward in school, college and work.
- Clarify or address issues with reading comprehension, math skills, study skills and habits.
- Identify strengths and weaknesses, as well as any special accommodations required for taking standardized tests such as the SAT, GRE or individual state tests including FCAT.
- Pinpoint career paths and/or goals based on interest, aptitude, or personality characteristics.
Evaluations can be performed virtually through our Telehealth platform or in-person.
We serve clients in the State of Florida. Evaluations are performed by Licensed Clinicians who speak English and Spanish.
If you are interested in scheduling an appointment for a consultation, please call 888-666-3089 or contact us:
Psychodiagnostic Assessment and Evaluation:
These assessments and evaluations are useful in:
- Diagnosing and/or clarifying diagnosis to identify the cause of psychological problems.
- Identifying the presence of a mental illness, emotional problems, or personality dysfunction.
- Guiding treatment, setting goals, monitoring problems, and identifying strengths and weaknesses.
- Assist with substance abuse, alcohol and drug dependency, addictions, and other chemical dependency issues.
In addition to providing useful information for your counselor, psychodiagnostic reports can also be conducted for:
- Court proceedings
- Disability determinations
- Workers’ compensation
- Immigration issues
- Autism and Developmental needs
- Parenting Capacity assessments
- Immigration Evaluations
Neuropsychological
This specialized type of evaluation helps us:
- Accurately detect functional impairments, dementia, or cognitive problems
- Identify cognitive problems associated with Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI), spinal cord injuries, or stroke.
- Recognize the cause of cognitive problems when individuals have memory problems related to dementia other medical conditions such as depression, stress and anxiety.
