Maybe the hard part is not the memory itself but everything it has quietly rearranged: how you sleep, who you trust, how safe an ordinary evening feels. A PTSD evaluation in Hartland, WI gives that experience a clear name and a path forward. You are welcome to reach out directly, with no referral needed.
During a PTSD evaluation in Hartland, we begin with a baseline of cognitive and executive function, since trauma tends to erode the machinery of focus, planning, and recall in ways worth measuring. Your licensed psychologist builds from there with trauma focused and emotional measures shaped to your history, and checks carefully for the conditions that so often accompany trauma. One clinician holds the process together from start to finish.
A child affected by trauma may act it out in play or dreams, develop fresh fears, or grow clingy in a way that feels new. Bedtime can become a struggle, patience runs thin, focus wavers, and you might see them work hard to avoid whatever reminds them of what happened.
With teenagers, PTSD can arrive as memories that intrude without warning, disrupted sleep, and irritability that spills over quickly. Some pull inward and feel numb, dodge people or places tied to the event, lose their concentration, and jump at sudden noises far more than you would expect.
Adults frequently mention flashbacks, intrusive recollections, and a constant undercurrent of being on guard that will not ease. Nights can be restless, emotions can feel muted or distant, and you may notice yourself steering around anything that might reopen the experience, even when you are perfectly safe.
We begin with an hour of clinical interview in a calm, supportive setting, where your psychologist gathers a detailed personal history. Learning the nature and effect of what you have been through clarifies which trauma specific assessments make sense, and the pace of this conversation is entirely yours to set.
Your psychologist selects a personalized battery of trauma focused assessments, generally 2 to 6 hours of in person testing over one to two days. Self report questionnaires come home with you, someone close can complete their own if they choose, and any indications of anxiety, depression, or ADHD are screened as well.
All of the testing data, observations, and questionnaire responses are woven into a single detailed diagnostic report. Your psychologist assesses how far trauma has reached into your thinking, emotions, and everyday functioning, documenting any cooccurring conditions completely so none are overlooked.
About two to three weeks after your testing, you return for a feedback session. Your psychologist reviews the diagnosis in plain terms and provides individualized recommendations, including evidence based approaches like EMDR or CPT, coping strategies, medication guidance where relevant, and next steps suited to your healing.
No. You do not need a referral to be seen at Core Spring Diagnostics. Reaching out to us directly is always enough, for whatever reason brings you here.
Yes. Our evaluations span children, teens, and adults, with the process and the questions shaped to each stage of life and caregiver and teacher input included when the client is younger.
PTSD is typically linked to a single event or a set of events, while CPTSD more often follows prolonged or repeated trauma and can influence self image and relationships in wider ways. The evaluation helps clarify which of the two fits your experience.
Yes. Our evaluations span children, teens, and adults, and we adapt the approach to each developmental stage and to whatever allows the person to feel safe.
You will have a plain language report and a feedback session filled with individualized, trauma informed recommendations, plus a clear route toward healing.
Give us a call at (414) 387-2100 and we will arrange a time that works. With no referral required, you can pick up the phone whenever you feel ready.
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