Maybe you feel your emotions in extremes, or you tense up around people before you even know why. When hard things stretch on for years, they leave a mark that is worth understanding. A Complex PTSD Evaluation in Elkhorn, WI helps you name what happened and what it did, and no referral is needed to begin.
Each evaluation opens with a baseline of cognitive and executive function, then layers in trauma focused and emotional measures chosen for your history. One licensed psychologist carries the work from intake through feedback, and along the way we screen for the concerns that often travel with complex trauma so nothing important is missed.
In a child, we watch for the toll of ongoing stress rather than rushing toward a label. The work centers on understanding what has felt unsafe and, just as importantly, on finding what helps them settle and feel steady again.
A teen may swing between intense feelings and numbness, carry a harsh view of themselves, and pull back from people they long to trust. Reactions that look like defiance often make quiet sense once you know what they have lived through.
In adults, a lasting undertow of shame, emotions that spike or flatten, and real trouble with trust and closeness can be signs. Many describe feeling unsafe even when nothing is wrong, and the effects reach into work, love, and daily life.
We begin with about an hour of conversation where your psychologist gathers a thorough personal history in a setting built to feel safe. Because complex trauma usually grows out of experiences that repeated over time, this talk covers a wider stretch of your life to see how it has shaped your emotions, relationships, and self image. You set the pace throughout.
Your psychologist assembles a personalized set of assessments meant to capture the layered effects of long term trauma. Testing runs roughly 2 to 6 hours across one or two days. You take home self report questionnaires, and someone close to you may fill out their own, and if signs of anxiety, depression, dissociation, or ADHD appear, those are screened as well.
The testing data, clinical observations, and questionnaire results come together in a detailed diagnostic report. Your psychologist looks at how complex trauma has touched your emotional regulation, identity, relationships, and thinking, and documents any co occurring conditions so the clinical picture is complete.
Usually two to three weeks later, you come back for a feedback session. Your psychologist walks you through the findings and offers individualized guidance: trauma therapy options, emotion regulation strategies, relationship support, and concrete next steps shaped around your own healing.
No. You never need a referral to be seen at Core Spring Diagnostics. Reach out on your own, for any reason, whenever you feel ready.
Complex PTSD usually grows from prolonged or repeated trauma and tends to affect self image, emotion regulation, and relationships across the board, while PTSD often follows a single event. The evaluation clarifies which picture fits your experience.
A trauma informed interview, 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 respects your history.
Yes. We see both teens and adults, and with younger clients we move through trauma related patterns gently and without pressure.
A plain language report and a feedback session filled with individualized, trauma informed recommendations and a clear direction toward healing.
Call us at (414) 387-2100 and we will help you find a time that works and answer any questions before you commit to anything.
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