Psychological Testing for Adults

In-Person in Los Angeles and Virtually Across California

Looking for clarity, insight, or direction?

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You have come to the right place.

At Thrive and Feel Psychology, we specialize in comprehensive psychological evaluations conducted both in-person in Pasadena and virtually across California. Our expert team of clinicians provides thorough, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive psychological testing for adults seeking answers.

Support starts with a simple conversation.

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How Psychological Evaluations Can Help

Psychological evaluations provide you with information about yourself. More specifically, neuropsychological testing offers valuable insights into your strengths and areas for growth across a variety of domains, including cognition, executive functioning, memory, emotions, and personality traits.  

Evaluations also provide clarity and guidance. A comprehensive psychological assessment not only helps you learn how to best navigate mental health challenges, major life changes, issues in relationships, or cognitive concerns but also gives you specific recommendations around what can be most helpful to you.

As psychologists in Pasadena, we have worked with hundreds of clients who have expressed that participating in a psychological evaluation offered a framework for moving forward with insight.

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Adults Can Benefit from Testing

Insight

An evaluation will help you understand yourself more fully, including how you think, feel, process information, and respond to stress. Struggling to identify what is really going on? Assessment can differentiate between diagnoses like anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, autism, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, and ADHD.

Direction

At the end of your testing process, you will receive a comprehensive report that provides you with “next steps.” These recommendations may include suggestions for future treatment, specific strategies to help you navigate the challenges you are experiencing, referrals, and resources tailored to your strengths and challenges.

Agency

Psychological evaluations can give you agency by helping you better understand your brain and behavior, allowing you to advocate for your needs with clarity and confidence. With this insight, you can access appropriate accommodations that support your success in work, school, and daily life. You will have the confidence (and data) to ask for what you need.

Tailored Treatment Planning Based on Psychological Testing

Oftentimes, we try many different strategies to support our mental health, and it can feel like we are in an endless cycle of trial and error, trying one technique after the next without the results we are looking for.

One of the greatest benefits of a psychological evaluation is that it provides you with direction. Our reports include clear, actionable treatment recommendations tailored to your needs, strengths, and goals. These recommendations are evidence-based, enabling you to transition from guessing how to help yourself to making informed decisions tailored to your unique needs. 

The structured plan that the assessment provides can help reduce uncertainty, increase confidence, and lay the groundwork for lasting change.

Are you ready to take the first step toward your tailored treatment plan?

What to Look for in Quality Psychological Testing and Evaluations

Not all evaluations are created equal. A high-quality psychological evaluation will provide you with clarity, validation, and a practical roadmap for healing and growth. 

We know that psychological evaluations are a significant financial and time commitment, so choosing your evaluator for psychological assessment is a big deal! 

Here are some of our recommendations around what to look for when determining who you will complete your adult psychological assessment:

Culturally-Aware, Individualized Care

Effective psychological evaluations are tailored to your background, experiences, and culture.

Look for providers who approach the assessment process from a comprehensive lens and who prioritize cultural humility. In others, you want to choose to work with an assessor who considers you as a whole person, not just test scores alone.

Comprehensive Assessment Tools

Strong evaluations use a mix of interviews, self-report questionnaires, and standardized psychological tests.

Collaborative Interpretation

You deserve to understand what your assessment results mean. Ensure that your assessor will offer you a feedback session where they can walk you through the findings, offer space for questions, and help you connect the dots between your lived experience and your evaluation results.

Actionable Recommendations

We believe that one of the most valuable components of a psychological evaluation for adults is the recommendations, which serve as a guidebook for what comes afterward. You want to ensure that you work with an assessor who will offer practical, tailored recommendations for next steps and will detail suggested accommodations (if relevant).

Neuropsychological Assessment: Our Process

Beginning a psychological evaluation is a big step. The testing process is time-intensive, expensive, and requires you to put yourself out there - this is not an easy task!

The good news is that we designed our assessment experience from scratch with a primary goal: to develop a supportive, thorough, and transparent process that will answer your questions.

Check out our Seven-Step Process.

  • 1. Initial Consultation

    We start with a conversation to understand your concerns, answer your questions, and ensure the evaluation aligns with your goals. This step helps set expectations for what comes after the assessment.

  • 2. Paperwork & Intake Forms

    You will complete digital forms that will provide you with additional information about the assessment process. Additionally, you will complete an intake interview that will help us gather important background information, including your medical and psychological history.

  • 3. Clinical Interview

    We then schedule a one-on-one interview to explore your lived experiences more thoroughly. This conversation allows us to better understand your symptoms, history, and strengths.

  • 4. At-Home Component for Adult Psychological Testing

    You will complete self-report questionnaires from the comfort of your home. These tools allow you to reflect in your own space and help our team gather additional insights into your emotional, behavioral, or cognitive patterns.

  • 5. Integrative Approach

    At Thrive and Feel Psychology, we take a collaborative approach to the assessment process in order to provide accurate and thorough results. On some occasions, we will request your consent to consult with your healthcare providers, family members, or close friends to best understand the whole picture. The process of incorporating other perspectives is designed to ensure that we are providing clinically accurate and contextually informed psychological testing. Please note that we will not reach out to individuals in your life without your permission. While integrating information from other people in your life can create a more comprehensive assessment, you are ultimately in charge of your personal information and have full agency to determine who to involve in your process.

  • 6. In-Office (or Virtual) Testing Session

    The formal assessment session, which we playfully call “Testing Day,” includes standardized tasks tailored to the questions we are trying to answer for you. The measures we administer may evaluate your mood, memory, attention, learning capacity, or personality features. The length of Testing Day will depend on the type of evaluation you are doing; however, you can expect to be with your assessor for a minimum of four hours on this day. We conduct Testing Day either in person or virtually, depending on the specifics of your assessment.

  • 7. Feedback Session and Report

    After collecting all the data from the assessment, your team gets down to business. We score the measures, analyze the data, and interpret the findings. We use this information to answer the questions you have about yourself and provide relevant, evidence-based recommendations that will best support you in meeting your future goals. At this time, we also determine what accommodations would be most appropriate for you based on the findings from the psychological evaluation. Your team will compile all of this information into a report so that you are able to share the findings with anyone you may deem relevant, such as an HR department, a loved one, or your treatment team.   You will meet with your assessment team for a feedback session. During this time, the assessors will go over the results of your neuropsychological assessment and will provide recommendations. You will have an opportunity to ask any questions that you have.

    After the feedback session, you will receive a comprehensive, straightforward report that outlines your assessment results and our personalized recommendations.


We Conduct Therapeutic Assessments

Oftentimes, a psychological assessment leads to a diagnosis; however, the diagnosis is not the goal. We are really working to help you better understand your strengths and areas of growth so that you can take the most effective steps forward.

Oftentimes, a diagnosis can be validating because it helps you feel seen. Not all assessments end in a diagnosis. At Thrive and Feel Psychology, our approach balances clinical accuracy with empathy. This comprehensive approach recognizes how trauma, stress, and life experiences shape your symptoms. Therefore, by using evidence-based assessment tools and clinical interviews, we can identify (or rule out) conditions such as:

  • Major Depressive Disorder

  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder

  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

  • Bipolar Disorder

  • ADHD

  • Personality Disorders

  • Trauma- and stressor-related disorders

  • Psychotic Spectrum Disorders

FAQs About Adult Psychological Assessments

Curious About an Adult Psychological Assessment?

At Thrive and Feel Psychology, we believe that your lived experience, questions, and insights are integral to the process. Our approach is deeply collaborative, rooted in mutual respect, cultural awareness, and curiosity. We listen, we work with you to understand the ‘why’ behind your concerns, and ensure that each step in the process reflects your voice and your goals. 

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