You may function beautifully on the outside while something inside stays braced for the next thing to go wrong. You may find that reminders you cannot always predict hijack a good day in seconds. Our PTSD Evaluations in Shorewood, WI give that experience a name and a way forward, and reaching out takes no referral at all.
The evaluation begins with a cognitive and executive function baseline, then broadens into trauma focused and emotional measures fitted to the event or events behind your symptoms. One licensed psychologist owns the entire process from start to finish, and because trauma so commonly coexists with other conditions, screening for those is built into the work rather than added on.
In children, trauma may surface as the same event rehearsed through play or dreams that wake them in fear. Watch for renewed clinginess, unexpected worries, choppy sleep, and trouble holding attention, along with a tendency to keep clear of anything linked to what frightened them.
Teenagers may be caught off guard by intrusive memories, sleep that never feels restful, and irritability that seems to come from nowhere. Some feel strangely detached, some startle hard at small surprises, and many quietly reshape their plans to avoid the triggers waiting for them.
Adults frequently describe flashbacks, poor sleep, and a body that stays on alert long after any real danger. You might notice emotional numbness, an instinct to scan even safe spaces, and a life gradually arranged around avoiding reminders, paired with frustration that you cannot just let it go.
Your evaluation opens with about an hour of unhurried conversation as your psychologist takes a careful personal history in a supportive setting. This is where we grasp the nature and reach of your experiences and identify which trauma specific tools suit you. The pace here belongs entirely to you.
Next, your psychologist designs a personalized battery of trauma focused assessments, involving roughly 2 to 6 hours of in person testing over one to two days. Questionnaires go home with you, and a close family member can complete their own. If signs of anxiety, depression, or ADHD appear, we screen for them too, since trauma rarely comes by itself.
All of the testing data, clinical impressions, and questionnaire results are woven into one detailed diagnostic report. Your psychologist considers the full reach of how trauma has affected your cognition, emotions, and daily life, documenting any co occurring conditions so that nothing is overlooked.
About two to three weeks later, you return for a feedback session that explains the findings without jargon. You leave holding individualized recommendations, including evidence based trauma therapies such as EMDR or CPT, coping strategies, and next steps built around your own recovery.
You do not. A referral is never a requirement at Core Spring Diagnostics. You are free to contact us yourself, for whatever reason brings you here, and we will handle the rest with you.
The process combines a trauma informed interview, a cognitive and executive function baseline, trauma focused and emotional measures, and screening for related concerns, all delivered by one psychologist at a pace that respects your history.
Broadly speaking, PTSD tends to follow one identifiable event or a set of events, while CPTSD arises from prolonged or repeated trauma and can shape self image and relationships more pervasively. The evaluation is designed to clarify exactly which fits you.
Yes, indeed. We see children, teens, and adults alike, adapting the evaluation to each developmental stage and to whatever allows the person to feel safe.
Give us a call at (414) 387-2100 to set up a visit and raise any questions beforehand. Scheduling is simple, with no referral to obtain and no obligation to proceed.
You leave with a plain language report and a feedback session offering individualized, trauma informed recommendations and a clear, hopeful path toward healing.
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