You sit down to study and the same drag begins: the reading has to be reread until it registers the right way, the assignment gets rechecked one more time, and the note or email is opened again to be sure nothing was missed. What should take an hour swells into an evening, deadlines start to feel unreachable, and the coursework you are capable of keeps slipping behind rituals you did not choose. For a college-age student, or for anyone worn down by loops of checking, counting, or intrusive thoughts they would never act on, that toll is exhausting and real. You came looking for answers, not a lecture. An OCD evaluation in Oconomowoc with Core Spring Diagnostics is a thorough, individualized assessment that finally explains what is driving the pattern and what actually eases it. You can contact us yourself, and no referral is needed.
Each evaluation opens with a baseline of cognitive and executive function, then is shaped around the particular obsessions and compulsions you describe, and a single licensed psychologist carries the whole thing from that first phone call to the closing feedback session. We rely on structured, OCD specific measures, and we screen for the conditions that commonly travel alongside OCD, such as anxiety, depression, tics, and ADHD.
Rituals that must follow a set order or repeat until they feel right, scrubbing hands or an outsized fear of germs, a constant need for reassurance, genuine upset when a routine gets disrupted, arranging or lining up objects, and worries that loom far larger than the moment warrants.
Rituals that swallow hours meant for homework and sleep, intrusive thoughts that are often upsetting, silent compulsions such as counting or mentally replaying events, steering clear of triggers, repeated reassurance seeking, and secrecy or embarrassment about behaviors they cannot seem to stop.
Ongoing intrusive thoughts, checking, washing, counting, urges toward symmetry or a just right feeling, private mental routines, avoidance, and hours drained by rituals you recognize as excessive yet feel powerless to resist.
Your evaluation opens with an interview of about an hour, where your psychologist builds a detailed history of the obsessions and compulsions: when they first appeared, how they have shifted, and how much time and distress they consume. What comes out of that conversation guides which OCD specific measures will show the clearest picture.
Your psychologist assembles a personalized battery that joins a cognitive and executive function baseline with structured, OCD specific and emotional measures. In person testing usually runs two to six hours across one or two visits. Questionnaires are sent to you as well, and for children and teens to the caregivers and teachers who witness the patterns firsthand.
Every piece of testing data and each clinical observation is drawn together into a thorough report describing the nature and severity of the OCD, the specific obsessions and compulsions at work, and any co-occurring conditions surfaced during the evaluation, such as anxiety, depression, tics, or ADHD.
Usually two to three weeks after testing, you come back for a feedback session. Your psychologist talks you through the findings and offers individualized recommendations, including evidence based therapy such as exposure and response prevention, supports for school or work, and clear next steps built around you.
No. A referral is never required to be seen at Core Spring Diagnostics. You can contact us directly, for any reason at all, and we coordinate with your other providers only if that is what you want.
A clinical interview and full history, a cognitive and executive function baseline, structured OCD specific measures, and screening for co-occurring conditions like anxiety, depression, tics, and ADHD. One psychologist runs the entire evaluation and walks you through the findings.
OCD centers on unwanted, intrusive obsessions and the compulsions people lean on to relieve them, and both grow time consuming and distressing. A formal evaluation sorts genuine OCD from everyday habits, perfectionism, or general anxiety, and clarifies what will truly help.
Yes. We evaluate children, teens, and adults, adapting the process and the questions to each stage, and drawing on caregiver and teacher input for younger clients.
OCD often occurs alongside anxiety, depression, tics or Tourette’s, and ADHD. Screening for co-occurring conditions is part of every evaluation, so the recommendations speak to the whole picture.
A written report in plain language and a feedback session with individualized recommendations, including evidence based therapy such as exposure and response prevention (ERP) along with other supports.
You can begin by calling Core Spring Diagnostics at (414) 387-2100 or by sending a consultation request through our website. No referral is needed, and we will help you chart the right evaluation path for your concerns.
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