Sometimes anxiety speaks through the body before it ever finds words: a stomach in knots, a jaw that will not unclench, a child who feels sick every Sunday night. If that sounds familiar, an Anxiety Evaluation in Sun Prairie, WI can explain what those signals mean. You never need a referral to begin.
Each Anxiety Evaluation in Sun Prairie, WI is anchored by a baseline of cognitive and executive function, then extended with the anxiety and emotional measures your situation calls for. A single licensed psychologist runs it end to end and screens for the concerns that frequently accompany anxiety, so the final picture is complete rather than partial.
In kids, the earliest clues are often physical. Stomachaches and headaches with no clear cause, disrupted sleep, and a strong pull to stay close to a parent. You may also see school avoidance, perfectionism, or outsized reactions to everyday bumps in the road.
For teens, the tension tends to settle in the body and the mood. Muscle aches, headaches, and restless sleep sit beside persistent worry, social withdrawal, irritability, and difficulty concentrating, all shadowed by a harsh inner voice that keeps score of every misstep.
Adults often carry anxiety physically: tight muscles, a racing heart, a stomach that will not settle, and sleep that never feels deep. Underneath runs a low, constant worry and a mind that stays on alert, quietly braced for whatever might come next.
We start with about an hour together. Your psychologist takes a careful history of your emotional life, from childhood forward into the present, paying attention to the triggers and patterns behind your symptoms. Everything learned here determines which assessments will tell us the most.
Drawing on the interview, your psychologist builds a battery of anxiety and emotional measures suited to you. In person testing generally spans 2 to 6 hours across one or two days, with questionnaires for home and an optional form for someone close to you. Any signs of ADHD, depression, or trauma are screened along the way.
All of the data, observations, and questionnaire results come together in one thorough diagnostic report. Whatever co occurring concerns emerged are documented in plain terms, leaving you with a clear and honest understanding of what is actually behind your symptoms.
Roughly two to three weeks after testing, you return to hear it all explained. Your psychologist reviews the findings and offers recommendations built for you: everyday coping strategies, therapy options such as CBT, medication guidance if it fits, and concrete next steps you can take with confidence.
No, it is not. You never need a referral to be seen at Core Spring Diagnostics; you are welcome to contact us on your own, for any reason.
A clinical interview, a cognitive and executive function baseline, anxiety and emotional measures, and screening for related concerns such as attention, mood, and trauma, all led by one psychologist.
Anxiety usually makes the most sense as part of a broader look, because it so often keeps company with other concerns. We tailor the evaluation to you and screen widely so nothing important is missed.
Yes. Children, teens, and adults are all welcome, and we adjust the process and the questions to match each person’s age and developmental stage.
A plain language report together with a feedback session that spells out individualized recommendations, including the forms of therapy and support most likely to help you.
Call (608) 396 4830 to reach our office and arrange a time. No referral stands in your way; one phone call is all it takes to start.
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