Psychological Testing and Evaluations

What is psychological testing?

Psychological testing is a clinical procedure to identify certain elements of an individual that are important for successful life functioning. Testing includes a clinical interview, an extensive social history, and a number of psychological tests designed to identify how the individual functions. Testing can be used to focus psychological treatment and shorten treatment.

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Psycho-neurological Assessment

Understanding the brain

  • The human brain is the most complex entity in the known universe. We are only beginning to understand the wonder of brain functioning
  • Psychoneurological assessment is a procedure of identifying how your brain works, or perhaps how portions of the brain seem not to be working normally.
  • Our particular interest in psychoneurological assessment is to understand an individual’s special abilities, according to our philosophy of understanding strengths before understanding weaknesses and limitations.
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Marital and Partner-Based Assessment and Counseling

Marital/Partner Assessment

Couple meets with the therapist for an hour and a half

  • Each partner speaks his or her concerns
  • The therapist directs the discussion towards attending to these concerns
  • Couple jointly decide as to whether to proceed with the assessment
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Forensic Psychology

What is forensic psychology?

  • Forensic psychology is the practice of psychology in a legal setting.
  • The psychologist may be called to a legal case to offer analysis of an individual's state of mind, intelligence, personality, social functioning, behavior, addictions, and other aspects of personal development.
  • Judges and lawyers use psychologists as experts in cases that involve individuals who may have psychological features playing significantly in a case.
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