Helping You Better Understand Yourself
Sometimes the most important step in treatment is gaining a clearer understanding of what is happening. Whether you're struggling with attention, anxiety, mood changes, trauma, autism concerns, or another complex presentation, our Center for Testing and Evaluation Services is here to help.
We offer both Diagnostic Evaluations and Psychological Testing to help clarify diagnoses, answer difficult clinical questions, and guide treatment recommendations. Every evaluation is individualized to your specific concerns and goals.
Start with a Diagnostic Evaluation
Most patients begin with a Diagnostic Evaluation.
A Diagnostic Evaluation is a comprehensive clinical consultation completed by one of our psychologists. During the evaluation, we take time to understand your concerns, review your history, discuss previous treatment, and develop diagnostic impressions and recommendations.
A Diagnostic Evaluation may help:
- Clarify a diagnosis
- Obtain a second opinion
- Better understand complex symptoms
- Review previous diagnoses
- Identify treatment barriers
- Recommend the next steps in care
- Determine whether additional psychological testing would be helpful
Many individuals receive the answers they are looking for through the Diagnostic Evaluation alone and do not require additional psychological testing.
When Is Psychological Testing Recommended?
Sometimes additional information is needed to answer specific clinical questions.
In those situations, your psychologist may recommend Psychological Testing following your Diagnostic Evaluation.
Psychological Testing uses standardized assessment tools to gather objective information about areas such as:
- Attention and executive functioning
- Learning and cognitive abilities
- Memory
- Personality functioning
- Emotional functioning
- Behavioral concerns
- Social and developmental functioning
Testing is recommended only when it is expected to provide meaningful information that will improve diagnosis, treatment planning, or clinical decision-making.
What Can I Expect?
Your evaluation is tailored to your individual needs and may include:
- Clinical interview
- Review of your concerns and history
- Review of previous records when appropriate
- Standardized questionnaires or rating scales
- Consultation with current treatment providers when appropriate
- Diagnostic impressions
- Personalized treatment recommendations
Some evaluations can be completed during a single appointment. More complex situations may require a follow-up appointment to gather additional information, review findings, answer questions, and discuss treatment recommendations.
If Psychological Testing is recommended, additional testing appointments will be scheduled based on your individual needs.
Is This Right for Me?
A Diagnostic Evaluation may be appropriate if you:
- Have received different diagnoses from different providers
- Feel your diagnosis is unclear
- Have not responded to treatment as expected
- Are wondering whether ADHD, autism, trauma, anxiety, depression, or another condition may better explain your symptoms
- Would benefit from a second opinion
- Want additional recommendations to guide treatment
Services We Do Not Currently Provide
At this time, CBI does not provide evaluations for:
- Custody or parenting disputes
- Forensic or court-ordered evaluations
- Competency evaluations
- Criminal responsibility evaluations
- Fitness-for-duty evaluations
- Workers' compensation or disability evaluations
- Dementia or other specialized neuropsychological evaluations
- Severe intellectual disability requiring specialty services
If your needs fall outside our scope of practice, we will gladly help direct you to appropriate community resources whenever possible.
Cost & Insurance
Insurance is accepted for Diagnostic Evaluations and Psychological Testing. Coverage varies by insurance plan, and some psychological testing services require prior authorization.
Our Billing Team will verify your benefits and provide a personalized cost estimate before psychological testing begins so you understand your expected financial responsibility.
Our Goal
Our goal is not simply to provide testing. Our goal is to help you better understand yourself.
Whether your evaluation results in diagnostic clarification, treatment recommendations, or additional psychological testing, we are committed to providing thoughtful, comprehensive evaluations that help you and your treatment team make informed decisions about the next steps in your care.