Maybe your body never quite powers down, always braced for the next thing, even in a room where nothing is wrong. Maybe calm feels unfamiliar, or unsafe. A Complex PTSD Evaluation in New Berlin, WI helps you understand where that constant readiness comes from and what it is asking for. No referral is needed to begin.
We open with a baseline of cognitive and executive function, the foundation for the rest of the work, then layer in trauma focused and emotional measures chosen for your history. One licensed psychologist carries you through every part, and because prolonged trauma rarely travels alone, we screen for related concerns as we go.
In children, we move slowly and watch how ongoing stress or adversity is showing up, rather than reaching for a label. We pay attention to what steadies them, what sets them off, and where a sense of safety can be rebuilt so their reactions start to make sense in context.
A teen may swing between numb and overwhelmed, hold a harsh or shifting view of themselves, and keep others at arm’s length even when they want closeness. Their guardedness and quick reactions often make sense once you understand what they have already had to survive.
Adults often describe a low hum of shame or not being enough, emotions that arrive in extremes, and trust that feels risky in most relationships. A background sense of danger can linger even in safe moments, and its reach touches work, connection, and rest.
We begin with about an hour of conversation where your psychologist gathers a full personal history in a setting built to feel safe. Because Complex PTSD tends to grow out of experiences that stretched over time, this covers a longer arc, tracing how those years shaped your emotions, your relationships, and how you see yourself. You set the pace throughout.
Your psychologist assembles a set of assessments matched to the layered effects of long term trauma. In person testing usually runs 2 to 6 hours across one or two days. You take home self report questionnaires, and someone close to you may fill out their own if you would like. If signs of anxiety, depression, dissociation, or ADHD surface, those are screened too.
Every piece, the testing data, the clinical observations, and the questionnaire results, is drawn together into one detailed diagnostic report. Your psychologist looks at how prolonged trauma has touched emotional regulation, identity, relationships, and thinking, and documents any co occurring conditions so the clinical picture is whole.
Typically two to three weeks later, you come back for a feedback session. Your psychologist walks you through the findings in plain terms and hands you individualized next steps: trauma specialized therapy options, ways to steady intense emotions, relationship support, and a plan shaped around your own healing.
No. A referral is never required to be seen at Core Spring Diagnostics. You are welcome to reach out on your own, for whatever reason brought you here.
Complex PTSD usually traces back to trauma that was prolonged or repeated, and it tends to reshape self image, emotional regulation, and relationships across the board, whereas PTSD often follows a single event. The evaluation sorts out which picture actually fits your experience.
You start with a trauma informed interview, then a cognitive and executive function baseline, followed by trauma focused and emotional measures and a screen for related concerns. One psychologist handles all of it, moving at a pace that respects what you have been through.
Yes. We see both teens and adults, and with younger clients we handle trauma related patterns with extra gentleness and care.
A report written in plain language and a feedback session offering individualized, trauma informed recommendations and a clear direction for your healing.
Call us at (414) 387-2100 and we will help you find a time. No referral is needed to book, and you can reach out whenever you feel ready.
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