Start with the question you need answered.
You do not need to know which test you need.
Embrace New Life Counseling & Wellness provides psychological and clinical assessment services for children, adolescents, and adults.
We begin by understanding what you are trying to clarifyโthen determine what type of assessment, if any, is most appropriate.
Sometimes the first question is: What is actually going on?
Assessment can help organize information that may otherwise feel confusing, contradictory, or incomplete.
Clarify.
Better understand symptoms, developmental patterns, behavior, attention, mood, personality, learning, or other concerns.
Differentiate.
Consider more than one possible explanation and identify when conditions may overlap or occur together.
Plan.
Translate findings into useful recommendations for treatment, medical care, school, work, or other appropriate next steps.
Children, adolescents & adults.
Child & Adolescent Assessment
Assessment may help families better understand developmental, emotional, behavioral, learning, attention, communication, or social concerns.
- ADHD & attention concerns
- Developmental questions
- Emotional or behavioral concerns
- Anxiety & mood
- Learning or academic concerns
- Social & communication concerns
- Diagnostic clarification
Adult Assessment
Adults may seek assessment because something has never quite made sense - or because a more specific clinical question needs to be answered.
- ADHD & executive functioning
- Anxiety & mood
- Personality & patterns of functioning
- Neurodevelopmental questions
- Cognitive concerns
- Diagnostic clarification
- Treatment-planning questions
Comprehensive Autism Evaluation
Our autism evaluation process looks beyond one score and integrates developmental history, caregiver and provider information, relevant records, observation, and standardized assessment.
Explore Autism Evaluation โEmployment & Occupational Assessment
Some assessments are requested for an employment, occupational, organizational, or professional purpose.
We review the specific referral question and requirements before determining whether Embrace is the appropriate evaluator.
You do not need to choose the test.
A test is a tool. The referral question comes first.
People may contact us asking for an MMPI, ADHD test, autism test, personality test, or psychological evaluation because that is the name they have heard.
Our clinicians begin differently:
What are we trying to understand?
We clarify the question before choosing a measure.
What information already exists?
Previous evaluations, medical information, history, collateral data, and current functioning may all matter.
What assessment will actually help?
We select testing based on the clinical questionโnot simply because a particular instrument was requested.
A clear process from question to findings.
Tell us what you are trying to understand.
You do not need to know the name of the test.
We review the referral question.
A clinician determines whether assessment at Embrace is appropriate and what additional information may be needed.
We recommend a focused evaluation.
If we can help, we explain the proposed assessment process, information needed, and expected cost before you decide whether to proceed.
We gather the information needed to answer the question.
Depending on the referral, this may include clinical interview, standardized measures, record review, collateral information, direct testing, or other clinically appropriate procedures.
We look for the pattern - not just the score.
The clinician considers convergence, discrepancies, functional impact, strengths, alternative explanations, and co-occurring concerns.
We explain what the findings mean.
When the evaluation includes a written report and feedback session, our goal is to make the results understandable and useful for next-step decision making.
Testing produces data. Assessment requires clinical thinking.
A score can be important - but it is rarely the entire answer.
We interpret standardized measures alongside history, interview, records, observation, functional impact, differential considerations, and professional clinical judgment.
When an assessment is being requested for work.
Employment-related evaluations require a particularly clear referral question.
Before accepting the evaluation, we may clarify:
- What is being requested?
- Who will receive the results?
- What decision will the evaluation inform?
- Are specific forms, standards, or measures required?
- Is the requested evaluation within the clinician's professional scope?
If the request requires a specialized forensic, fitness-for-duty, public-safety, legal, or other evaluation outside our scope, we will identify that before proceeding whenever possible.
A good assessment should help you understand what comes next.
What did we find?
We explain the clinically meaningful findings without expecting you to interpret scores on your own.
What does it mean?
We connect findings to the referral question, everyday functioning, strengths, and important clinical considerations.
What may be helpful next?
When appropriate, recommendations may support conversations with physicians, therapists, schools, employers, or other authorized professionals.
Before you begin.
Do I need to know what test I need?
No. Tell us what you are trying to understand. Determining the appropriate assessment approach is part of the clinical process.
Do you assess both children and adults?
Yes. Embrace provides assessment services for children, adolescents, and adults when the referral question falls within the evaluating clinician's scope.
Can an assessment help with diagnostic clarification?
Yes. Some evaluations are specifically designed to clarify whether symptoms are best explained by one condition, another condition, overlapping conditions, or a different clinical formulation.
Do you provide employment-related evaluations?
Potentially. We first review the purpose, recipient, required documentation, and scope of the requested evaluation to determine whether Embrace is an appropriate provider.
Will I receive a report?
That depends on the assessment being completed. When a written report is part of the agreed evaluation, we aim to make it clinically useful and understandable rather than simply providing raw scores.
Can my physician or another provider receive the results?
When appropriate and with proper authorization, assessment information may be shared with authorized healthcare professionals or other appropriate recipients.
You do not need to figure out the test before you contact us.
Tell us what you are trying to understand. We will help determine whether assessment at Embrace is an appropriate next step.
Embrace New Life Counseling & Wellness
Rockwall-Heath โข Royse City โข Greenville
972.292.7092 โข YouMatter@EmbraceNewLife.com