All therapy starts with an intake appointment/comprehensive assessment.
A comprehensive psychological assessment gathers information from a variety of sources to evaluate an individual’s overall psychological functioning. The goal of this type of evaluation is to investigate an individual’s current emotional functioning, personality style and areas of concern to understand how these issues may be impacting their ability to function in everyday life, including work. A psychological evaluation is an important first step in the diagnostic process and yields valuable information that can be used to guide the treatment process. These appointments are 1.5 hours long, cost $337.50.
Subsequent individual therapy sessions are 1 hour in length, cost $225.
A psychoeducational assessment is helpful when a child/adolescent is having difficulties with learning, paying attention, reading, writing, and/or with their math skills. These assessments use tests that help the psychologist find and understand your child’s specific challenges and strengths. Once these struggles are identified, a report is generated and can be provided to other psychologists, support staff, teachers, and schools to help a person achieve their educational and career-related goals.
The purpose of a psychoeducational assessment is to evaluate an individual’s specific cognitive, academic, behavioural, and social/emotional functioning to clarify their learning strengths and areas of need. This is generally accomplished through standardized testing (e.g., cognitive and academic tests with rating scales designed to measure symptom severity and frequency), collateral interviews, questionnaires, observations, and review of previous records or reports. This diagnostic process may lead to the identification of a wide variety of conditions including learning disabilities (e.g., dyslexia, dyscalculia, or dysgraphia), ADHD, anxiety, depression, social skills issues, sleep problems, mood disorders, sensory issues, auditory processing, information processing, speech and language skills, fine and gross motor skills, and other concerns. The end result of the assessment is a feedback session to discuss the findings, a plan to move forward, and a formal diagnostic report. A psychoeducation assessment is conducted over several sessions, cost per assessment $2950.