At Core Spring Diagnostics, one psychologist guides your CPTSD evaluation from start to finish, for children, teens, and adults in the Oconomowoc area. Each assessment is built to understand how long-term or repeated trauma exposure shapes emotional, cognitive, and relational patterns over time. No referral is needed to begin.
Your evaluation focuses on understanding the impact of prolonged or repeated trauma and identifying symptoms associated with complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD). Every assessment starts with a cognitive and executive function baseline, then examines emotional dysregulation, persistent feelings of shame, negative self-concept, interpersonal difficulties, hypervigilance, and intrusive trauma-related symptoms, along with their impact on daily functioning. From the first clinical interview through testing and your feedback session, the same psychologist owns every step, so your care stays consistent, individualized, and trauma-informed.
Prolonged trauma may manifest as intense emotional reactions, difficulty trusting adults, behavioral regression, chronic anxiety, disrupted attachment patterns, or problems with attention and academic engagement.
Complex trauma often appears as mood instability, persistent feelings of worthlessness, self isolating behavior, difficulty forming stable peer relationships, irritability, sleep disturbance, or heightened sensitivity to perceived rejection.
CPTSD may show up as chronic emotional overwhelm, unstable relationships, persistent shame, avoidance of intimacy, hypervigilance, intrusive memories, or difficulty maintaining consistent work or social functioning.
Your evaluation begins with a one-hour clinical interview where your psychologist gathers a thorough personal history in a safe, supportive environment. Complex PTSD often stems from prolonged or repeated experiences, so this conversation covers a broader timeline to understand how those experiences have shaped your emotional regulation, relationships, and sense of self. You set the pace.
Your psychologist selects a personalized battery of assessments designed to capture the layered effects of complex trauma. Testing involves 2 to 6 hours of in-person evaluation over one to two days. You will also be sent home with self-report questionnaires, and someone close to you can complete their own if they choose. If your psychologist identifies signs of other conditions (such as anxiety, depression, dissociation, or ADHD), those areas are screened for as well.
All testing data, clinical observations, and questionnaire results are compiled into a detailed diagnostic report. Your psychologist evaluates how complex trauma has affected emotional regulation, identity, relationships, and cognitive functioning. Any co-occurring conditions are fully documented to ensure a complete clinical picture.
Approximately two to three weeks after testing, you return for a feedback session. Your psychologist walks through the diagnosis and provides individualized recommendations: specialized trauma therapy options, emotional regulation strategies, relationship support resources, and next steps tailored to your healing process.
Yes. Negative and distorted self-concept is a hallmark feature of C-PTSD, and the evaluation at Core Spring Diagnostics is structured to assess it directly. The clinical interview explores the development of these patterns over time, and the assessment tools used capture how trauma has shaped self-perception, relational functioning, and emotional regulation. Recommendations address therapeutic approaches specifically designed to work with identity and self-concept concerns in the context of trauma.
Accuracy begins with the clinical interview, where the psychologist gathers a detailed trauma history before selecting assessment tools. The evaluation then proceeds with gold-standard instruments, a cognitive baseline, and comorbidity screening. Because one psychologist manages every step, the interpretation of findings is contextually grounded and not subject to the gaps that arise when multiple providers handle different parts of the process.
Yes. Complex trauma often develops in response to pervasive, ongoing conditions rather than single discrete events, such as childhood neglect, emotional abuse, or chronic instability in the home. Memories of these experiences may be fragmented, emotionally muted, or absent entirely. The evaluation at Core Spring Diagnostics explores these possibilities through the clinical interview and does not require a specific traumatic memory to reach a diagnostic conclusion.
Somatic symptoms, including chronic pain, fatigue, gastrointestinal problems, and physical tension, are commonly reported alongside C-PTSD. While Core Spring Diagnostics does not conduct medical evaluations, the clinical interview and assessment process capture somatic presentations in the context of trauma history. Recommendations may include referrals to providers who specialize in the intersection of trauma and physical health.
Core Spring Diagnostics can discuss telehealth or in-person options during the consultation. Some components of a neuropsychological evaluation require in-person administration, while others can be completed remotely. The team will help you determine the appropriate format based on the nature of your evaluation and what will produce the most accurate results.
Yes. Core Spring Diagnostics serves individuals from Oconomowoc and surrounding Lake Country communities for complex trauma evaluations. One psychologist manages every step of the process, and the evaluation is the same high-quality, evidence-based process regardless of where you are traveling from.
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