Collaborative Psychological Assessment

Through a collaborative psychological assessment, we will curiously explore your struggles. What questions do you have about yourself?

How will a collaborative assessment help?

 

A collaborative assessment has the potential to create longstanding, profound change by helping you better to understand your story and the world in a more accurate, compassionate, clear, and useful way.

Research shows that a collaborative form of assessment can provide an effective form of treatment, and can help you to achieve results in relatively a few sessions, compared to some traditional forms of therapy.

Collaborative assessment uses standard psychological tests that serve as magnifying glasses that help to see and understand aspects of your story that even a good therapist may be puzzled by otherwise. This unique lens, serves as a tool to address questions you may have about yourself and what is keeping you stuck in unwanted patterns.

How is it different from a standard assessment?

 

Collaborative assessment uses standard psychological assessment tools. However, it differs from a standard assessment approach in several ways.

A standard assessment approach, used by many clinicians, uses a more technical approach with the aim of providing a diagnosis and recommendations. In comparison, a collaborative assessment approach emphasizes helping you feel supported, so that you can step back and get curious about your troubles. The results are used to address your personal goals and you are treated as a collaborator in the process.

Who is it for?

 

Individual clients of all ages, couples, and families, can benefit from a collaborative assessment.

A collaborative assessment may serve as a stand-alone treatment option. It is also useful at the beginning and middle stages of therapy to help you begin to experience significant changes and prepare you for next stages of treatment.

Clients who have been working with a therapist and are feeling stuck in treatment and not seeing the progress they would like, may benefit from an assessment. Clients who engage in an assessment in the middle of therapy, may see change in their therapy at a quicker rate after the assessment.

  • Potential areas of growth.

    Those who participate in an assessment may see an improvement in their symptoms (i.e., anxiety and depression), self-esteem, hope, and daily functioning. They may also experience increased motivation, enthusiasm, trust and follow-through if they are engaged in therapy.

  • What if I want a standard assessment?

    A standard assessments can be provided if it meets your goals and objectives for assessment. Request a free consultation to discuss your goals for assessment.

  • For Professionals.

    Are you feeling stuck in your work with a particular client? Not seeing the progress you would hope for? I work with therapists and their clients using collaborative assessments to help identify stuck points and create momentum for change in your treatment. Contact me for a free consult to see how I may be able to help you.

 

Why do I not feel connected to people?

Examples of Assessment Questions...

“Am I smart enough to go to graduate school?”, “Why do I feel so depressed?”, “Why don’t I stand up for myself when people treat me badly?”, “Why do I not feel joy, even though everything is going ok?”, “Why do I get angry so easily?”, “Why does everyone say that I work too much?”.

These are just examples, your clinician will help you to form an assessment question based on your presenting concerns.