Your Evaluation Should Change What Happens Next
Diagnostic Clarity & Psychological Testing
Many adults come to me after years of navigating various labels – anxiety, burnout, or depression – that never fully captured their experience. While these terms were intended to help, they often didn’t provide a clear path forward. Our goal is to move past these broad descriptions to find an explanation that truly resonates with how your mind works.
Many of the adults I work with are accustomed to being the ones who hold the answers for everyone else. If you’ve spent your life managing responsibilities while feeling like you’re missing a piece of the puzzle, this process is for you. We will work together to uncover the ‘why’ behind your experiences, moving from a place of uncertainty to a place of clarity.
A diagnosis is simply a starting point; its true value lies in what we do with that information. Many people have received excellent reports that ultimately felt disconnected from their day-to-day challenges. Here, we view the report as a collaborative tool – a bridge between understanding your neurobiology and implementing practical, supportive changes.
Autism and ADHD evaluation happens over video, and I do the evaluation myself.
The first part is your history, which takes longer with adults than with children, because decades of compensating have to be translated back into what they cost you.
The testing looks at how you take information in, how you hold onto it, and what a task costs you in effort that other people never spend. What comes out is an explanation, in plain language, of how those three things actually work for you.
Nobody can promise you in advance what an evaluation will find, so I won’t. That explanation is worth having whether a diagnosis comes attached to it or not.
With 30 years of clinical experience and a background in training other professionals, I have learned that a report is only as useful as its application. I write these evaluations with the intention of them being a functional resource for you, not just a document for a file.
The most meaningful part of this process is the conversation we have after your evaluation. We will look at the findings together to identify accommodations and strategies that align with your specific needs. This is where we move away from self-blame and toward a kinder, more holistic understanding of why certain tasks have felt difficult, replacing frustration with sustainable support.
Bring the question rather than the decision.
Whether an evaluation is even the right next step for you is a fair question, and 15 minutes on the phone is usually enough to answer it.
The call is free, and you’ll get a straight answer from me at (612) 234-1265.
No confusing forms, no stressful phone calls you have to script in advance. Reach out however feels easiest.