Your evaluation begins with a comprehensive clinical interview and review of relevant history to understand the concerns that brought you to us. Your clinician will then select standardized measures and other assessment methods based on the questions being addressed. Information from parents, teachers, partners, or other individuals may also be gathered when appropriate. After integrating all of the information collected, your clinician will prepare a comprehensive written report and meet with you for a personalized feedback session to review the findings, diagnostic conclusions, and recommendations.

The amount of time varies depending on the complexity of the concerns and the assessment methods needed to answer the referral questions. Some evaluations require more extensive interviewing, testing, or information gathering than others. Before beginning, we will discuss the anticipated process, time commitment, and cost so you know what to expect.

Yes. We provide psychological evaluations for children, teens, college students, and adults. The evaluation is tailored to the individual’s age, history, current concerns, and referral questions.

Sometimes. Whether a psychological evaluation provides sufficient documentation depends on the diagnosis, requested accommodations, and requirements of the school, college, testing organization, or employer. When academic accommodations require cognitive and achievement testing, a psychoeducational evaluation may be more appropriate. We recommend reviewing the documentation requirements before beginning the evaluation so we can help determine what assessment is needed.

Calhoun Psychology is a self-pay practice for psychological assessment services. Our self-pay model allows evaluations to be individualized based on clinical needs rather than insurance requirements or predetermined testing limitations. This flexibility allows us to recommend the assessment approach that best addresses each individual’s unique referral questions rather than tailoring the evaluation to insurance coverage criteria.

If your evaluation is completed by one of our Licensed Psychologists, we can provide a superbill that you may submit to your insurance company for possible out-of-network reimbursement. Because reimbursement policies vary widely by insurance plan, we recommend contacting your insurance provider directly to determine your specific out-of-network benefits.

To help make psychological evaluations more accessible, we also offer reduced-fee evaluations completed by doctoral-level psychology interns and postdoctoral clinicians who are closely supervised by our Licensed Psychologists. All evaluation findings are reviewed with a Licensed Psychologist; however, services provided by interns or postdoctoral clinicians are generally not eligible for out-of-network insurance reimbursement.