Maybe a single day changed how safe the world feels, and your body still braces for it long after the danger passed. Maybe loud sounds, certain places, or a smell can drop you right back into it. Our PTSD Evaluations in Elkhorn, WI help you name what is happening and why, with steady, judgment free care. No referral is needed to begin.
Every PTSD assessment opens with a baseline of cognitive and executive function, which gives us a clear read on how you think, focus, and manage day to day. From there the testing is shaped around your trauma and the emotions tied to it, and screening for related concerns is built in. One licensed psychologist carries you through the whole process, moving only as fast as feels right.
In younger children, trauma often shows up in play or sleep before it shows up in words. You might notice a scary event replayed in games, new nightmares, or a sudden clinginess. Watch for irritability, trouble settling, and steering clear of anything that reminds them of what happened.
A teen carrying trauma may be flooded by memories they did not invite, jolt awake from nightmares, or work hard to dodge reminders. Concentration slips, and anger can flare fast. Some describe feeling numb or far away, as if watching their own life from a distance.
For adults, intrusive memories or flashbacks can surface without warning, and sleep is often broken. You may stay scanning your surroundings for threat, sidestep places tied to the event, and feel emotionally flat one moment and raw the next. That constant low-grade alarm is exhausting.
We start with about an hour of conversation, where your psychologist listens closely and builds a thorough personal history in a setting that feels safe. Together you look at what happened and how it has shaped your days, which points toward the trauma specific tools that fit you best. You decide how quickly this moves.
Your psychologist assembles a battery of trauma focused assessments made for your situation. Testing usually runs 2 to 6 hours across one or two days, and you leave with self report questionnaires to complete at home. Someone close to you can fill out their own if they wish, and if signs of anxiety, depression, or ADHD appear, those are screened as well, since trauma so often travels with them.
Your psychologist draws the testing data, clinical observations, and questionnaire results together into one detailed diagnostic report. It maps how trauma has touched your thinking, your emotions, and your everyday functioning. Any co occurring conditions are documented fully so nothing quietly slips past.
Roughly two to three weeks later, you return for a feedback session. Your psychologist walks you through the findings in plain terms and lays out individualized next steps, from evidence based trauma therapies like EMDR or CPT to practical coping strategies and guidance on further support if it helps your recovery.
No, you do not. A referral is never required to be seen at Core Spring Diagnostics. You can reach out on your own, for any reason, and we will take it from there.
It begins with a trauma informed interview, adds a cognitive and executive function baseline and trauma-focused emotional measures, and includes screening for related concerns. One psychologist handles all of it, at a pace that respects what you have carried.
PTSD usually traces back to a specific event or set of events. CPTSD tends to grow out of prolonged or repeated trauma and can reach more deeply into how you see yourself and relate to others. The evaluation sorts out which picture matches your experience.
Yes. We see children, teens, and adults, and we shape the process to each age and to whatever helps a person feel safe throughout.
A clear, plain language report and a feedback session full of individualized, trauma-informed recommendations, so you walk out with a real path toward healing.
Call us at (414) 387-2100 and we will help you find a time. No referral is needed, and you are welcome to ask any questions before you commit.
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