Some wounds do not come from one terrible day but from years of it, and they can leave you doubting your worth or bracing against the people closest to you. Maybe that describes you, or a teen you love who cannot seem to feel safe. A Complex PTSD Evaluation in Hartland, WI helps put language and direction to it. No referral is needed to reach out.
Every Complex PTSD assessment we run begins from a baseline of cognitive and executive function, because long term trauma leaves fingerprints on concentration, memory, and impulse control. Your psychologist then folds in trauma focused and emotional measures shaped to your particular history. Because the same licensed psychologist handles all of it, and because complex trauma seldom appears in isolation, we screen carefully for the concerns that commonly travel with it.
For a child, we focus on understanding what ongoing adversity has done rather than pinning on a label too soon. Signs may include a body that stays keyed up, difficulty being soothed, sudden shifts between withdrawal and outburst, and a fragile sense that the world is safe.
Among teens, you might notice emotions that surge hard and fast, an inner voice that is both harsh and unsteady, and real trouble letting anyone in. When you factor in what they have endured, these guardrails and outbursts start to look like reasonable responses.
In adulthood this often shows as a deep seated shame or sense of falling short, moods that swing to either edge, and relationships strained by an inability to fully trust. A constant, unexplained sense of threat is common too, and its reach tends to touch nearly every part of life.
We start with about an hour of conversation in which your psychologist gathers a full personal history within a supportive, safe environment. Because complex trauma usually arises from experiences that repeated or continued over time, this discussion moves across a wide timeline to understand how they molded your emotional regulation, your relationships, and your sense of self. You lead the pace.
Your psychologist puts together a battery meant to surface the many layers of complex trauma, generally 2 to 6 hours of in person testing over one to two days. You will bring self report questionnaires home, and someone close to you can complete a set of their own if you wish. Should signs of anxiety, depression, dissociation, or ADHD emerge, we screen those as well.
The testing data, clinical observations, and questionnaire results are gathered into one thorough diagnostic report. Your psychologist assesses how complex trauma has shaped emotional regulation, identity, relationships, and cognitive functioning, and any cooccurring conditions are fully documented so the picture stays complete.
Roughly two to three weeks after testing, you return for a feedback session. Your psychologist talks you through the diagnosis and offers individualized recommendations, including specialized trauma therapy options, strategies for regulating emotion, relationship support, and next steps tailored to your own path toward healing.
No. Core Spring Diagnostics never requires a referral. You are free to contact us directly, for any reason at all, and begin whenever you feel ready.
Complex PTSD tends to stem from trauma that lasted or kept recurring, and it can affect self image, emotion regulation, and relationships in a broader way. PTSD more commonly follows one distinct event. The evaluation is designed to clarify which of these truly fits you.
It combines a trauma informed clinical 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.
Yes. We welcome both teens and adults, and with younger clients we take trauma related patterns slowly and gently, resisting the urge to label before the full context is understood.
You will come away with a plain language report and a feedback session that provides individualized, trauma informed recommendations and a clear course toward healing.
Reach us at (414) 387-2100. We will happily answer your questions and help arrange a time before you commit to anything.
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