OCD rarely announces itself. It looks like a light switch flipped a fourth time, a prayer restarted until it feels right, or the same worried question typed into a search bar at 2 a.m. Around Milwaukee we meet parents worn down by giving reassurance that never sticks, and adults who have quietly arranged an entire day around dodging a single thought. If that is you, you are not after a lecture, you are after a straight answer about what is going on. A Core Spring Diagnostics OCD evaluation is a careful, one on one assessment that separates the obsessions from the compulsions, shows you what is really driving the cycle, and points to what helps. You can contact us yourself, and no referral is required.
Every Core Spring evaluation opens with a baseline of cognitive and executive function, then narrows to the exact obsessions and compulsions you describe. The same licensed psychologist carries your case from the first phone call to the day we hand back results, so nothing gets lost in a handoff. We rely on structured, OCD specific measures, and we deliberately look for the conditions that tend to ride alongside OCD, including anxiety, depression, tics, and ADHD.
Redoing tasks until they feel exactly right, scrubbing hands or steering clear of anything that seems dirty, asking the same question again and again for reassurance, coming undone when a routine gets broken, arranging toys or objects in a fixed order, and carrying worries far larger than whatever set them off.
Rituals that quietly drain hours from schoolwork and sleep, intrusive thoughts that feel alarming or shameful, silent mental routines like counting or replaying a moment, working hard to avoid triggers, fishing for reassurance, and hiding habits they wish they could stop on their own.
Intrusive thoughts that will not quiet down, repeated checking, washing, counting, or a pull toward symmetry, private mental rituals no one else can see, avoidance of certain places or tasks, and time swallowed by routines you already know are excessive.
We begin with about an hour of conversation. Your psychologist walks through the full history of the obsessions and compulsions: when they first appeared, how they have shifted, and how much time and distress they cost you now. That picture decides which OCD specific measures will tell us the most.
From there your psychologist assembles a battery made for you, pairing the cognitive and executive function baseline with structured OCD and emotional measures. In person testing usually runs two to six hours across one or two visits. We also send questionnaires home, and for younger clients, to the caregivers and teachers who watch the patterns play out every day.
Everything we gather, the scores and the clinical observations alike, goes into one detailed report. It lays out the nature and severity of the OCD, the specific obsessions and compulsions in play, and any co-occurring conditions the testing surfaced, such as anxiety, depression, tics, or ADHD.
Usually two to three weeks later, you come back for a feedback session. Your psychologist talks you through the findings in person and hands you individualized recommendations: evidence based therapy such as exposure and response prevention, supports for school or work, and clear next steps that fit your life.
No. A referral is never required to be seen at Core Spring Diagnostics. Reach out directly, for any reason at all, and we will loop in your other providers only if you ask us to.
A full clinical interview and history, a cognitive and executive function baseline, structured OCD specific measures, and screening for conditions that often show up alongside it, like anxiety, depression, tics, and ADHD. One psychologist runs the entire evaluation and walks you through what it found.
Being tidy, cautious, or a worrier is not OCD. OCD means unwanted, intrusive obsessions paired with the compulsions people lean on for relief, and the two grow time consuming and distressing. A formal evaluation separates genuine OCD from ordinary habits, perfectionism, or everyday anxiety, and pinpoints what will actually help.
Yes. We evaluate children, teens, and adults, adjusting the questions and the approach to each stage of life, and bringing in caregivers and teachers for our younger clients.
OCD often shares the stage with anxiety, depression, tics or Tourette’s, and ADHD. Screening for those is built into every evaluation, so the recommendations speak to the whole picture rather than one slice of it.
A written report in plain language and a feedback session centered on recommendations you can use, including evidence based therapy such as exposure and response prevention (ERP) along with other supports.
Call Core Spring Diagnostics at (414) 387-2100 or send a consultation request through our website. No referral is needed, and we will help you map out the evaluation path that fits your concerns.
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