Psychological Testing

Psychological Testing is conducted by licensed PhD Clinical Psychologists and Neuropsychologists; and are the only specialized doctors licensed and trained to administer and interpret these in-depth psychometric evaluations. Dr. Freshwater is both a PhD Clinical Psychologist and PhD Neuropsychologist.

The psychological evaluation provides valuable information and insight into your personality organization, your current symptoms, root causes to your symptoms, diagnosis, and the severity of any mental health condition that you may have.

The psychological evaluation helps you understand you and assists with the outline of the best scientific based evidence psychological treatment options for curing the Root Causes of symptoms, symptoms reduction, and management.

The psychological evaluation is designed to provided a detailed picture of your current mental health profile and personality organization. The psychological evaluation can help clarify diagnoses, such as anxiety disorders, depression, complex-traumas, PTSD, Stress disorders, and personality disorders.

The psychological evaluation helps fortify a plan for treatment that maximizes your strengths, evaluates the possible Causes of symptoms, reducing symptoms, and cultivates a plan for healing and building your resilience.

A typical psychological evaluation consists of a very thorough clinical interview, review of records (if there are any), (and when relevant interviews with collateral sources if you have provided consent), the administration of psychometric valid and reliable evidenced-based scientific psychological tests, scoring of the test data, and interpretation of all of the collected data, and recommendations as to the best scientific backed treatments options.

Mental health and mental illness are typically rooted in personality ~  that is, enduring patterns of thinking, emotions, behaviors, motivational systems, coping mechanisms, psychological defenses, attachments, interpersonal functioning, experiencing self and others, and etc. 

Understanding these patterns will clarify the meaning and function of specific psychological difficulties and psychological strengths. Thereby, providing a road map for effective interventions and decision making.  

Conscious mind and subconscious mind
gives rise to all of our thoughts, behaviors, and emotions.