Assessments

Clinical assessment is a way of diagnosing and planning treatment for a patient that involves evaluating someone in order to figure out what is going on. There are many types of psychological assessments, all of which have their own strengths and weaknesses.

What’s the point of assessment? For example, if a client (Mary) is feeling very stressed out at her work and anxious because she keeps forgetting things. She used to be really on top of things, but recently she has trouble remembering where she parked her car or what she did just a few minutes ago.

What’s wrong with Mary? There are many things that can cause memory loss. The only way that you can find out what’s wrong with her is to do some sort of evaluation. Clinical assessments help the practitioner to know what might be causing problems for you.