Clinical diagnostic assessments go by many names and highlight underlying mental health diagnoses to assist with specific treatment planning. The types of assessments used will depend on the referral question and the overall purpose. Generally, a combination of personality, intellectual, and executive functioning measures are used to better understand your concerns concerns. Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessments (C/TA) is a process of using formal assessment measures in a therapeutic manner. It begins with an interview to look at the concerns brought up, and specific questions made by the client are asked that we may solve with formal measures.
All assessments include a report and feedback session. The report can be shared with school and teaching staff, healthcare providers, or other mental health professionals because it contains recommendations for further school-based interventions and care.
I am particularly interested in personality, dissociation and trauma, and the intersections of personality and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). I am also comfortable assessing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults.
All assessments are billed based on the amount of hours required, this including interviews, scoring and interpreting measures, report preparation and writing, and consultation and debriefing. Uniquely, assessments of dissociation take 8-10 hours as the battery I use involves self-report, projective tests, and structured clinical interviews. Clinical diagnostic assessments (including personality, ASD, ADHD, and the like) typically range from 3-6 hours. Fees for assessment are in accordance with the Psychologists' Association of Alberta's Recommended Fee Schedule, which can be found below:
https://psychologistsassociation.ab.ca/recommended-fee-schedule