Maybe you have been told to just move on, or you quietly wonder whether what you went through even counts. If a past experience still shapes how you sleep, react, and move through the day, it counts, and it deserves care. PTSD Evaluations in Cottage Grove, WI give you an honest, judgment free answer, and no referral is required to begin.
The evaluation grounds itself first in a baseline of your cognitive and executive function, then adds trauma focused and emotional measures shaped around your history, so what you have been minimizing finally gets a careful look. One licensed psychologist handles the entire process, and since trauma rarely shows up by itself, we also screen for anxiety, depression, and attention concerns.
A child rarely says the words, so it shows up sideways: reenacting the event in play, waking from nightmares, or clinging more than before. You might notice fresh fears, a quick temper, broken sleep, and trouble concentrating, along with a habit of avoiding whatever brings the memory close.
A teen may insist they are fine while intrusive memories, poor sleep, and irritability tell a different story. Some go numb or detached, some grow easily startled, and many quietly avoid the reminders. It is easy to write this off as a phase, which is exactly why a careful look matters.
As an adult, you may downplay it all, chalking hypervigilance, avoidance, broken sleep, and being constantly on edge up to stress or personality. Flashbacks and intrusive memories keep surfacing anyway, and emotional numbness can settle in. Naming it accurately is often the first relief.
We begin with about an hour of conversation in which your psychologist takes your history seriously and without judgment. Being heard here is part of the work, and what you share shapes which trauma specific measures fit. You decide the depth and the speed, and that stays true the whole way.
Your psychologist then builds a battery around your concerns. In person testing typically takes 2 to 6 hours over one or two days, with questionnaires to finish at home and an optional set for someone close to you. If anxiety, depression, or ADHD appear, they are screened for as well, because trauma frequently overlaps with them.
The scores, the observations, and the questionnaire results are compiled into one detailed diagnostic report. Your psychologist looks at how trauma has affected your thinking, your emotions, and your daily functioning, and documents any co occurring conditions so nothing you have downplayed gets missed.
Around two to three weeks later, you return for a feedback session. Your psychologist explains the findings in plain language and offers a personalized plan: evidence based trauma therapies such as EMDR or CPT, coping strategies, medication guidance where it applies, and next steps designed around your recovery.
No. You never need a referral at Core Spring Diagnostics. You are welcome to reach out on your own, for any reason, without anyone else’s sign off.
You can expect an interview where your history is heard, trauma and emotional measures, a baseline of your thinking, and screening for related concerns, all under the care of a single psychologist who moves at the speed you are comfortable with.
PTSD tends to follow a specific event or defined events, while CPTSD usually develops out of prolonged or repeated trauma and can affect self image and relationships more widely. Clarifying which one fits is a core part of the evaluation.
Yes. We see children, teens, and adults, and we adapt the process to each age and to whatever makes a person feel safe.
A plain language report and a feedback session centered on individualized, trauma informed recommendations, along with a clear path toward healing.
Call our Madison office at (608) 396 4830 and we will find a time that suits you. No referral or outside paperwork is required first.
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