Maybe a certain sound drops you straight back into the moment it all changed, or you lie awake bracing for a threat that is not in the room. Maybe your child has grown jumpy and quick to tears since something frightening touched them. A PTSD Evaluation in Brookfield, WI puts words to what has been happening, gently and without judgment. No referral is needed to start.
Every evaluation opens with a baseline of cognitive and executive function, the steady foundation we build on, and then moves toward trauma focused and emotional measures chosen for your specific story. The same licensed psychologist stays with you from the first question to the final recommendation, and because trauma rarely travels alone, the process screens for related concerns rather than assuming a single answer.
You may notice your child acting out the same frightening scene in play, waking from nightmares, or suddenly afraid to be apart from you. Sleep gets harder, small things spark big reactions, and they steer around anything that reminds them of what happened.
Your teen might be flooded by memories they did not ask for, sleeping poorly, snapping in anger, or going quiet and numb. They may avoid places tied to the event, struggle to concentrate, and startle at things that never used to bother them.
You may replay the event without warning, lose sleep to it, and stay on guard even in a safe room. Reminders send your heart racing, you keep your distance from anything connected to it, and a flat, detached feeling can settle over the parts of life that used to matter.
Your evaluation begins with an unhurried clinical interview, roughly an hour, where your psychologist listens to your history in a calm and supportive space. This conversation helps map the nature and reach of what you have been through and points to which trauma specific measures fit best. You decide how fast or slow this goes.
Your psychologist assembles a battery tailored to your story, with testing that typically runs 2 to 6 hours across one to two days. You will take home self report questionnaires, and someone close to you may complete their own if you both like. If signs of anxiety, depression, or ADHD surface, those areas are screened as well, since trauma so often keeps company with other concerns.
Every piece of data, observation, and questionnaire is drawn together into a clear diagnostic report. Your psychologist looks at the full picture of how trauma has touched your thinking, your emotions, and your day to day life, and documents any co occurring conditions so nothing quietly slips past.
Typically two to three weeks after testing, you return for a feedback session. Your psychologist walks you through the findings and offers individualized recommendations: evidence based trauma therapies such as EMDR or CPT, coping strategies, guidance on medication where relevant, and next steps shaped around your recovery.
No. A referral is never required to be seen at Core Spring Diagnostics. You are welcome to reach out on your own, for any reason at all.
A trauma informed interview, a cognitive and executive function baseline, trauma focused and emotional measures, and screening for related concerns, all guided by one psychologist and paced to respect what you have carried.
PTSD usually follows a specific event or a set of events, while CPTSD tends to grow from prolonged or repeated trauma and can shape how you see yourself and relate to others more broadly. The evaluation sorts out which picture fits you.
Yes. We see children, teens, and adults, and we adjust the process to each age and to whatever helps a person feel safe.
Call us at (414) 387-2100 and we will help you find a time. There is no referral to chase first and no wrong reason to reach out.
A plain language report and a feedback session full of individualized, trauma informed recommendations, plus a clear path forward toward healing.
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