Diagnostic assessments (Psychological evaluation)

This is a thorough evaluation to determine a person’s specific mental health needs, including the use of standardised tests and observation. The purpose of an assessment is to create a precise understanding of a person’s strengths and limitations. This may involve identifying a specific mental health or neuro-developmental condition, or gaining insights or deeper awareness into personality traits and style. From this information, we are able to provide specific recommendations which are tailored to the individual. This can range from environmental adaptations such as lifestyle management, or specific recommendations for psychological therapy.

Whether you’re struggling with a particular difficulty, or you simply want to deepen your self-awareness, an assessment enables you to gain a more accurate and detailed account of your individual functioning within a particular area. Our specialist assessment team provides a range of standardised assessment options.

Every assessment at Ellis-Rapha Psychological Services is carefully tailored to the individual and their particular needs. Our licensed psychologists will conduct the psychological assessment, write the report, and give feedback and recommendations. Providing specialist training in conducting and interpreting assessments to determine diagnosis and provide recommendations.

• Diagnostic Assessment
• Emotional Functioning /Personality Assessment

This is a detailed clinical evaluation to determine whether an individual meets the criteria for a particular diagnosis. From this information, we can generate appropriate treatment recommendations.

If you are interested in learning more about your emotional, social and behavioural functioning, we offer a range of psychological assessments designed to measure these aspects of an individual’s abilities. Sometimes these assessments are completed by those who simply want to understand themselves better, or as a method to understand a particular difficulty in more detail and to generate treatment recommendations.

Our fees vary according to the assessments provided.