Psychometric assessment
Assessment of cognitive intelligence using an age-appropriate Wechsler test: WAIS-IV, WISC-V or WPPSI-IV. This stage can notably be used to explore the possibility of High Intellectual Potential.
Psychological assessment · Paris 15th arrondissement
How does a psychological assessment work?
A psychological assessment is not the same fixed battery of tests for everyone. It is designed to answer a specific question and may combine, depending on the situation, periods of clinical interviewing, cognitive testing, an emotional and personality assessment, and a detailed feedback session.
The aim is to understand how you function in a structured way and to answer the questions that brought you to assessment: High Intellectual Potential, High Emotional Potential, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, personality functioning, or cognitive and emotional difficulties.
The process
The main stages of psychological assessment
A comprehensive assessment is organised around four complementary stages.
Emotional and personality assessment
Exploration of emotional functioning, personality and relevant diagnostic hypotheses, including High Emotional Potential, ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder.
My analysis
After testing, I analyse the full set of results, bring the different findings together, answer the initial clinical question and formulate the assessment conclusions.
Feedback session
At the office or by video consultation, we relate the findings to your history and daily life, explore your strengths and possible difficulties, and discuss personalized recommendations. You receive a detailed written report.
Before assessment
Not sure which possibility to explore?
Online screening tests can estimate the likelihood of a particular profile and help determine whether a full assessment is indicated. They do not replace assessment, but they can be a useful first step.
High Emotional Potential
Explore the likelihood of exceptionally high emotional intelligence.
Take the HEP screening test →Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Explore the possibility of ADHD and whether a more in-depth evaluation would be useful.
Take the ADHD screening test →High Intellectual Potential
Explore the likelihood of very high cognitive intelligence before possible WAIS-IV testing.
Take the HIP screening test →Autism Spectrum Disorder
Explore the possibility of ASD across its different presentations, including profiles formerly referred to as Asperger syndrome.
Take the ASD / Asperger screening test →High Intellectual Potential in children
For parents wondering whether their child or teenager may have very high cognitive ability.
Take the gifted-child screening test →Cognitive intelligence
Cognitive assessment and HIP evaluation
Cognitive assessment examines the different components of intelligence in detail and highlights strengths, relative weaknesses and possible discrepancies between index scores.
A Wechsler test is selected according to age:
Testing takes place at the office and lasts no more than two hours. It can be used to assess the possibility of High Intellectual Potential, meaning very high cognitive intelligence.
Emotion, personality and diagnosis
Emotional and personality assessment
This part of the assessment provides a detailed picture of emotional and personality functioning while exploring relevant diagnostic hypotheses.
High Emotional Potential
ADHD
Personality
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Differential diagnosis
High Emotional Potential corresponds to exceptionally high emotional intelligence. It is evaluated through the study of Emotional Quotient, personality and overall clinical functioning.
The assessment draws on clinical interviewing, questionnaires, personality measures, emotional-intelligence measures and, when relevant, current diagnostic criteria.
Learn more about emotional and personality assessment →After testing
The feedback session
The feedback session is a central part of the psychological assessment. Beyond explaining the results, it brings together the different aspects of how you function, explores how they interact and sheds light on your personal history, relationships and difficulties.
This understanding can offer a new perspective on yourself, sometimes a particularly meaningful one. It can also help you recognize strengths and resources you had not fully appreciated before.
We devote particular attention to personalized recommendations: how can you make better use of your abilities, respect your individual needs, ease certain difficulties and support your well-being and personal fulfilment?
The aim is not simply to provide answers, but to help you make constructive use of them in your life. You receive a detailed written report.
You leave with
- a structured understanding of how you function;
- answers to the questions that motivated the assessment;
- a detailed written report;
- personalized recommendations you can use in everyday life.
Which assessment is right for your situation?
If you already know which assessment you need, you can schedule an appointment. If you are still considering several possibilities, online screening can help you identify the most useful direction.
