Maybe a sound, a smell, or a certain drive across town still drops you straight back into the moment it happened. Maybe you sleep with one eye open and cannot say why the calm never quite lands. Our PTSD Evaluations in Glendale, WI help you name what your body keeps replaying, and no referral is needed to begin.
Each evaluation opens with a baseline of your cognitive and executive function, then layers in trauma focused and emotional measures shaped around the specific event or events you carry. A single licensed psychologist stays with the process the whole way, and because trauma rarely travels alone, we screen for the concerns that so often ride alongside it.
A young child may replay the event through repetitive play or wake from nightmares they cannot describe. New clinginess, fresh fears, restless sleep, and a hard time settling to a task can all surface. Many will steer wide of anything that reminds them of what happened.
In teenagers, watch for intrusive memories, disrupted sleep, and a short fuse that seems out of character. Some go quiet and detached, some startle at the smallest thing, and many quietly arrange their days to avoid the reminders that pull them back.
Adults often live with flashbacks, broken sleep, and a nervous system stuck on high alert long after the danger passed. You might feel numb, keep your guard up in safe rooms, and organize life around dodging the triggers, all while wondering why you cannot simply move on.
We begin with an hour long conversation where your psychologist listens to your history in a calm, supportive setting. This is where we come to understand the shape and weight of what you have been through, and which trauma specific tools will fit. You set the pace, and nothing moves faster than you want.
From there your psychologist assembles a battery built around your experience, with roughly 2 to 6 hours of in person testing spread over one to two days. Self report questionnaires go home with you, and a close family member may complete their own. Signs of co occurring conditions like anxiety or ADHD are screened along the way.
Every score, observation, and questionnaire is drawn together into one thorough diagnostic report. Your psychologist weighs how the trauma has touched your thinking, your emotions, and your daily life, and documents any conditions found alongside it so nothing quietly slips through.
Typically two to three weeks later you come back for a feedback session that walks through the findings in plain terms. You leave with individualized guidance: evidence based trauma therapies such as EMDR or CPT, practical coping strategies, and clear next steps built around your recovery.
No, a referral is never required to be seen at Core Spring Diagnostics. You are welcome to reach out on your own, for any reason and at any point, and we will take it from there.
It pairs a trauma informed interview with a cognitive and executive function baseline, trauma focused and emotional measures, and screening for related concerns, all handled by one psychologist at a pace that honors what you have been through.
PTSD usually traces back to a specific event or events, while CPTSD grows out of prolonged or repeated trauma and tends to reach deeper into self image and relationships. Part of the evaluation is clarifying which of those pictures actually fits you.
Yes, we work with children, teens, and adults, and we adjust the process to each age and to whatever helps a person feel safe throughout.
Call us at (414) 387-2100 and we will help you find a time and answer anything on your mind before your first visit. There is no pressure and no referral needed to book.
You leave with a plain language report and a feedback session offering individualized, trauma informed recommendations and a clear path forward toward healing.
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