Maybe your thoughts pick up speed the moment the lights go out, or your child dreads school in a way that arrives as stomachaches long before the bus does. If worry has quietly taken the wheel, an Anxiety Evaluation in Madison, WI can tell you what is actually going on. No referral is needed to start.
Every Anxiety Evaluation here opens with a baseline of cognitive and executive function, the foundation we build the rest of the picture on. From there, one licensed psychologist adds anxiety and emotional measures chosen for you and screens for the concerns that often ride alongside anxiety. The same person guides you from the first call to the final recommendations.
In younger kids, anxiety often hides in the body: recurring stomachaches, headaches, or trouble falling asleep. You might see clinginess at drop off, meltdowns over small changes, or a quiet refusal to try things other children take in stride.
For teenagers, it can look like a worry that never clocks out. Watch for social avoidance, irritability that seems out of proportion, difficulty concentrating on homework, and a private, unforgiving inner voice that treats every mistake as proof of something larger.
Adults describe a background hum of worry that rarely quiets. Racing thoughts at night, muscles that stay tense, a heartbeat that speeds for no clear reason, and the exhausting sense that your mind is always braced for whatever might go wrong next.
We begin with about an hour of conversation. Your psychologist walks through your emotional history, from early childhood to the shape of an ordinary day now, listening for triggers, patterns, and the ways worry is touching your life. That conversation decides which assessments make sense for you.
From what surfaces in the interview, your psychologist assembles a battery of anxiety and emotional measures built around you. Expect roughly 2 to 6 hours of in person testing across one or two days, plus take home questionnaires; someone close to you may fill out their own if that would help. If signs of ADHD, depression, or trauma appear, those are screened too.
Every score, observation, and questionnaire is drawn together into one detailed diagnostic report. Anything co occurring that we uncovered along the way is documented plainly, so you finish with a full and honest account of what is driving how you feel.
Typically two to three weeks later, you come back for the feedback session. Your psychologist talks you through the findings and hands you individualized recommendations: practical coping strategies, therapy options such as CBT, guidance on medication where relevant, and clear next steps that fit your life.
No. A referral is never required to be seen at Core Spring Diagnostics. You are welcome to reach out yourself, for any reason at all.
You can expect a clinical interview, a cognitive and executive function baseline, anxiety and emotional measures, and screening for related concerns like attention, mood, and trauma, all handled by one psychologist.
Rarely, because anxiety usually makes more sense as part of a fuller picture. We tailor the evaluation to you and look broadly, so nothing that matters slips past unnoticed.
Yes. We see children, teens, and adults, and we adjust both the process and the questions to fit each age and stage.
A report written in plain language and a feedback session that lays out individualized recommendations, including the kinds of therapy and support most likely to make a difference for you.
Call our Madison office at (608) 396-4830 and we will help you find a time. There is no referral to chase first; one conversation gets things moving.
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