Maybe your feelings arrive at full volume, flooding in before you can catch them, then leaving you drained and unsure why. Maybe steadiness is the thing you most wish you had. A Complex PTSD Evaluation in West Bend, WI helps you understand where that intensity comes from and how to work with it. No referral is required to start.
We begin every evaluation with a baseline of cognitive and executive function, then build outward with trauma focused and emotional measures matched to your history. The same licensed psychologist guides the entire process, and since prolonged trauma often arrives with other concerns, we screen for those as part of the work.
In children, we work patiently to understand how continued stress or adversity is showing up, rather than pinning a label on it early. We watch for what helps a child feel safe, what tips them into distress, and how their reactions become understandable in the light of what they have faced.
A teen may find it hard to bring big emotions back down, hold a self image that is severe or unsteady, and keep their guard up even with people they want to trust. Reactions that seem out of proportion tend to fit once you understand what they have been carrying.
Adults often speak of a persistent shame or feeling of not measuring up, emotions that flood in far beyond the moment, and difficulty trusting or staying close to others. A background sense of danger can hold on even when things are calm, and its effects seep into work, relationships, and rest.
The evaluation begins with around an hour of conversation where your psychologist assembles a thorough personal history in a safe, supportive setting. Since Complex PTSD tends to arise from experiences that stretched over a long span, this discussion looks across a broad timeline to understand how they shaped your emotions, your relationships, and your sense of self. You control the pace.
Your psychologist selects a personalized battery meant to reach the layered effects of complex trauma. Testing happens in person, usually 2 to 6 hours over one to two days. You will take home self report questionnaires, and a person close to you can complete their own if they choose. If indicators of anxiety, depression, dissociation, or ADHD appear, we screen for those too.
Everything gathered, the testing data, the clinical observations, and the questionnaire results, is brought together into a detailed diagnostic report. Your psychologist assesses how complex trauma has shaped emotional regulation, identity, relationships, and cognitive functioning, documenting any co occurring conditions so the clinical picture holds together completely.
Typically two to three weeks after testing, you come back for a feedback session. Your psychologist walks through the findings in clear language and offers recommendations built for you: options for specialized trauma therapy, strategies to steady intense emotion, relationship support, and next steps fitted to your own healing process.
No. A referral is never a condition of being seen at Core Spring Diagnostics. You are free to reach out yourself, for whatever reason has brought you to this point.
Complex PTSD usually follows trauma that was ongoing or repeated and tends to affect self image, emotion regulation, and relationships more broadly, whereas PTSD often traces to one particular event. The evaluation works out which of those matches your life.
It brings together a trauma informed interview, a cognitive and executive function baseline, trauma focused and emotional measures, and a screen for related concerns. A single psychologist handles the whole thing at a pace that respects what you have been through.
Yes. We evaluate both teens and adults, and with younger clients we approach trauma related patterns gently and with careful attention.
A report in plain language and a feedback session offering individualized, trauma informed recommendations and a clear direction toward healing.
Call us at (414) 387-2100 and we will help you settle on a time. No referral is needed to book, and you can reach out as soon as you feel ready.
"*" indicates required fields
"*" indicates required fields
Thank you for sending us your information. We’ve received your details and will be in touch soon.
