What Is Therapeutic Assessment?

Therapeutic Assessment (TA) is a collaborative approach to psychological evaluation that centers your questions, goals, and lived experience throughout the assessment process.

Unlike traditional testing, TA involves you as an active participant in understanding results, making meaning of findings, and developing personalized recommendations.

At IMPACT, we believe assessment should be empowering rather than something done "to" you. Our Therapeutic Assessment approach honors your expertise about your own life while providing professional insights that can guide meaningful change and growth.

KEY BENEFITS

Who Can Benefit from Therapeutic Assessment?

Therapeutic Assessment can provide insight and direction for individuals at all ages seeking to understand themselves better. You may benefit from Therapeutic Assessment at IMPACT if:

We provide Therapeutic Assessment for a wide range of questions, from personality and relationships to cognitive functioning and neurodevelopmental differences.

You have questions about your personality, relationships, or patterns of behavior

You're seeking clarity about diagnoses or mental health concerns

You want to understand your cognitive strengths and learning style

You're at a life transition and seeking guidance about your path forward

You've had previous assessments but want a more collaborative experience

You're exploring neurodivergence or wondering about autism, ADHD, or learning differences

You want assessment results that truly reflect your experience and goals

IMPACT's Approach to Therapeutic Assessment

At IMPACT, we use Therapeutic Assessment principles that make you a collaborative partner throughout the evaluation process. Our approach is respectful, empowering, and designed to provide insights that genuinely matter to your life.

Throughout the process, we maintain respect for your autonomy and expertise about your own experience.

Our Therapeutic Assessment process includes:

Collaborative Goal Setting: Beginning with your questions and what you hope to learn
Transparent Process: Explaining each step and involving you in interpreting results
Culturally Responsive Practices: Honoring your cultural background and lived experience
Strengths-Based Perspective: Identifying abilities and positive qualities alongside areas of need
Meaningful Recommendations: Developing practical suggestions that align with your values and goals

Key Benefits of Therapeutic Assessment at IMPACT

Assessment helps you move from "I want to understand myself better" to "I have insights that can guide my growth and decisions."

Deep self-understanding and insight into patterns and behaviors

Collaborative interpretation of results that reflects your perspective

Professional documentation when needed for accommodations or treatment

Empowering experience that builds self-advocacy skills

Validation of your experiences and concerns

Practical recommendations tailored to your specific goals and values

A DIFFERENT KIND OF ASSESSMENT

Your voice matters in your evaluation.

Therapeutic Assessment is fundamentally different from traditional testing—it's a collaborative process where your questions drive the evaluation and your perspective shapes the understanding of results.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Therapeutic Assessment is collaborative from start to finish. You help shape the questions, participate in interpreting results, and work with the assessor to develop meaningful recommendations.
Therapeutic Assessment can address questions about personality, relationships, learning style, career decisions, parenting approaches, mental health concerns, and neurodevelopmental differences.
Yes. When diagnostic clarity is part of your goals, we can provide formal diagnoses along with the collaborative, empowering Therapeutic Assessment process.
Yes. We offer family-based Therapeutic Assessment that helps families understand dynamics, communication patterns, and ways to support each other more effectively.
Therapeutic Assessment typically involves multiple sessions over several weeks, allowing time for reflection, discussion, and collaborative interpretation of results.