Some of the hardest OCD to explain is the kind no one else can see. You count in your head while a conversation carries on around you. You silently replay something you said an hour ago, checking it for a mistake that may not be there. You run a thought through again, then again, trying to undo it or cancel it out before you can let it go. From the outside nothing looks wrong, and that is part of the exhaustion: the work is constant and completely private. If you are the adult carrying rituals like these, you are not looking for reassurance so much as a real answer about what is going on. An OCD evaluation in Hales Corners with Core Spring Diagnostics is a thorough, individualized assessment that gives that pattern a name and a plan. You can reach out to us directly, and no referral is needed.
The process opens with a baseline of cognitive and executive function, and from there it is shaped around the particular obsessions and compulsions you describe. One licensed psychologist carries the whole thing, from that first phone conversation to the session where the findings are explained. We draw on structured measures built specifically for OCD, and we look for the conditions that tend to sit alongside it, among them anxiety, depression, tics, and ADHD.
Rituals that must follow a set order or be repeated until they feel right, heavy hand washing or worry about germs, a steady need for reassurance, genuine upset when a routine gets broken, arranging or lining up objects, and worries that loom far larger than whatever set them off.
Rituals that swallow time meant for homework and sleep, intrusive thoughts that are often upsetting, mental compulsions such as counting or silently going back over things, steering clear of triggers, looking for reassurance, and quiet shame about behaviors they cannot seem to stop.
Intrusive thoughts that will not quiet down, checking, washing, counting, and symmetry or just right urges, private mental rituals no one witnesses, avoidance, and hours given over to routines you recognize as excessive but feel powerless to stop.
The evaluation begins with a clinical interview of about an hour, where your psychologist builds a detailed history of the obsessions and compulsions: when they first appeared, how they have shifted over time, and how much time and distress they cost you. What comes out of that conversation guides which OCD specific measures will show the clearest picture.
Your psychologist puts together a personalized battery that sets a cognitive and executive function baseline beside structured OCD specific and emotional measures. In person testing typically runs two to six hours across one or two visits. Questionnaires go home with you as well, and for children and teens they also go to the caregivers and teachers who notice the patterns up close.
Every piece of testing data and each clinical observation is drawn together into a detailed report that describes the nature and severity of the OCD, the specific obsessions and compulsions at play, and any co-occurring conditions surfaced along the way, such as anxiety, depression, tics, or ADHD.
Usually two to three weeks after testing, you come back for a feedback session. Your psychologist talks you through the findings and lays out individualized recommendations, including evidence based therapy such as exposure and response prevention, supports for school or work, and clear next steps shaped around you.
No. A referral is never required to be seen at Core Spring Diagnostics. You are welcome to contact us directly, for any reason, and we will coordinate with your other providers only if that is what you want.
A clinical interview and full history, a cognitive and executive function baseline, structured OCD specific measures, and screening for co-occurring conditions like anxiety, depression, tics, and ADHD. A single psychologist runs the entire evaluation and walks you through what it means.
OCD centers on unwanted, intrusive obsessions and the compulsions people lean on to ease them, and both grow time consuming and distressing. A formal evaluation separates true OCD from everyday habits, perfectionism, or general anxiety, and makes clear what will actually help.
Yes. We evaluate children, teens, and adults, and we adjust the process and the questions to each stage of life, drawing on input from caregivers and teachers for younger clients.
OCD often shows up together with anxiety, depression, tics or Tourette’s, and ADHD. Because screening for co-occurring conditions is part of every evaluation, the recommendations can speak to the whole picture rather than a single piece of it.
A written report in plain language and a feedback session with individualized recommendations, including evidence based therapy such as exposure and response prevention (ERP) along with other supports.
You can begin by calling Core Spring Diagnostics at (414) 387-2100 or by sending a consultation request through our website. No referral is needed, and we will help you chart the evaluation path that fits your concerns.
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