Maybe closeness has always come with a catch, a pull to keep people at a distance even when you long to let them in. Maybe trust feels like a language you never quite learned. A Complex PTSD Evaluation in Oshkosh, WI helps you understand how repeated hurt shaped the way you connect, so it can start to shift. You do not need a referral to begin.
Each evaluation is grounded first in a baseline of cognitive and executive function, then broadened with trauma focused and emotional measures selected for your particular story. A single licensed psychologist stays with you across the whole process, and since prolonged trauma often brings company, we screen for co-occurring concerns along the way.
With children, the aim is to understand how ongoing stress or adversity is landing, gently and without forcing a diagnosis. We look for what helps a child feel secure, what unsettles them, and how to build a foundation where their behavior can be read as a response to what they have lived.
A teen carrying complex trauma may struggle to steady strong feelings, hold a shaky or critical sense of who they are, and find trust genuinely hard even when they crave connection. Reactions that look outsized often fit perfectly once their history comes into view.
Many adults notice a lingering sense of shame or unworthiness, feelings that surge past what a moment seems to call for, and relationships shadowed by a fear of being let down. A quiet feeling of being unsafe can persist for no clear reason, and its effects spread into nearly every corner of life.
The evaluation starts with roughly an hour of talking, where your psychologist builds a thorough personal history inside a safe, supportive space. Since Complex PTSD usually grows from experiences that unfolded over years, this conversation reaches back across a wide timeline to see how they shaped your emotions, your relationships, and your identity. Nothing moves faster than you want.
Your psychologist chooses a personalized battery designed to capture the many layers complex trauma leaves behind. Testing takes place in person, generally 2 to 6 hours over one to two days. You leave with self report questionnaires, and a person close to you can complete theirs if that feels right. Should other conditions appear, such as anxiety, depression, dissociation, or ADHD, we screen for them as well.
The testing data, clinical observations, and questionnaire results all come together in a detailed diagnostic report. Your psychologist examines how complex trauma has shaped emotional regulation, identity, relationships, and cognition, and any co occurring conditions are documented fully so nothing important is left out of the picture.
About two to three weeks after testing, you return for a feedback session. Your psychologist explains the findings clearly and offers recommendations shaped for you: options for specialized trauma therapy, strategies for managing intense emotion, resources for relationships, and next steps that fit your own path toward healing.
No. You never have to arrive with a referral to be seen at Core Spring Diagnostics. Reaching out directly is always welcome, for any reason at all.
Complex PTSD generally follows trauma that was repeated or drawn out, and it tends to affect self image, emotion regulation, and relationships more widely, while PTSD is often tied to one specific event. Part of the evaluation is clarifying which of those fits you.
It combines a trauma informed interview, a cognitive and executive function baseline, trauma focused and emotional measures, and a screen for related concerns. All of it is handled by one psychologist, moving at a pace that respects your story.
Yes. We work with both teens and adults, and with younger clients we approach trauma related patterns slowly and with real care.
A report you can actually read and a feedback session with individualized, trauma informed recommendations and a clear direction toward healing.
Give us a call at (414) 387-2100 and we will find a time that works. Booking takes no referral, and you are welcome to reach out the moment you feel ready.
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