Our psychologists administer:

• Psychometric tests (See our Test Library for details)
• Questionnaires
• Interviews with the child or adolescent themselves
• Interviews with parents and family members where relevant.

By conducting comprehensive psycho-diagnostic assessment, clear and effective decisions can be made as to the best therapeutic and counselling direction to overcome the child or adolescent's specific challenges. To achieve this goal, we administer:

• Standardized tests eg, (IQ) Intelligence, reading, mathematics, etc. (See our Test Library for details)
  
• Conduct interviews
  
• Use children's drawings, request teachers' reports, and so on.

Once all information is gathered, through confidential discussion with the family, the child or adolescent themselves, we interpret the psycho-diagnostic findings.

Psycho-diagnosis properly conducted speeds up the process of healthy change by clearly identifying the underlying needs for:

• Effective therapy
• Counselling
• Coaching
• And ensuring that treatment efforts are not unnecessarily wasted.

When we conduct a psycho-diagnostic assessment we focus primarily on the following aspects of effective psychological functioning:

• Emotional
• Social Skills
• Family Relations
• Peer Relations
• Personality
• Clinical (psychiatric)Disorders (where relevant)

Career Assessment is useful for adolescents from the early teens onwards, especially when making career decisions involving:

• Tertiary level training at university
• College
• Apprenticeships, and so on.

Subject choices in early high school or even late primary school are often crucial in deciding their future career paths. To assist young people in making their best decision regarding future career success, study direction and subject choices, our psychologists use:

• Interviews
• Questionnaires
• Psychometric tests (See our Test Library for details)
• And active dialogue with the young people themselves and their families.

During our career assessments the following core areas are focused on:

• Aptitude and (IQ) Intelligence
• Interests
• Personality
• Values
• Emotional predispositions
• Social orientation
• Emotional (EQ) Intelligence
• Motivation

Once a career assessment is completed and the findings shared with the client and their family or other significant people in their world, a career development plan is typically generated. Should:

• psycho-diagnostic
• psycho-educational
• neuropsychological

problems present during the career assessment, their remedy can be built into the career development plan. Mostly, however, study and institution options are considered and career counselling provided where confusion or uncertainty exists to ensure optimal decision-making regarding the individual adolescent's chosen career path.

To better understand the emotional and social adjustment of the individual adult seeking assistance, our psychologists administer:

• Psychometric tests (See our Test Library for details)
• Questionnaires
• Interviews with the client themselves
• And with spouses and family members where relevant.
  

By conducting comprehensive psycho-diagnostic assessment, clear and effective decisions can be made as to best therapeutic and counselling direction to overcome the client's specific challenges. To achieve this goal, we administer standardised tests (e.g. Emotional functioning, personality and conduct interviews.)

Once all information is gathered, through confidential discussion with the client and other significant people where necessary, we interpret the psycho-diagnostic findings.

Psycho-diagnosis properly conducted speeds up the process of healthy change by clearly identifying the underlying needs for:

• Effective therapy
• Counselling
• Coaching
• And ensuring that treatment efforts are not unnecessarily wasted.

When we conduct a psycho-diagnostic assessment we focus primarily on the following aspects of effective psychological functioning:

• Emotional
• Social Skills
• Family Relations
• Peer Relations
• Personality
• Clinical (psychiatric) Disorders

Clinical neuropsychology is a specialist branch of psychology that focuses on the relationship between the brain (neurological system) and the psychological functions of adults. It specifically considers the relationship of various brain or neurological disorders and the adult's day to day psychological functioning; that is, their:

• Behavioural
• Emotional
• Social
• Occupational adjustment

Adult clinical neuropsychological problems might be caused by:

• Injury (eg, car accident, or fall)
• Illness (eg, Alzheimers, stroke)
• Developmental trauma (eg, premature birth)
  
• Inherited (eg, primary ADHD)
  
• Substance induced (e.g TIK abuse)
  
• Neuro-psychiatric disorders (e.g. bipolar, schizophrenia)
  

Our neuropsychological assessments assess the following core domains of functioning using specialized psychometric testing instruments (see to our Test Library for details):

• General (IQ) Intelligence
• Language
• Executive functioning/attention
• Sensorimotor
• Memory & learning
• Visual-spatial

After careful neuropsychological assessment, findings are consolidated with any psycho-diagnostic or psycho-educational considerations. Recommendations for therapeutic management are generated, and may include:

• Psychotherapy
• Remediation
• Physiotherapy
• Occupational therapy
• Learning assistance
• Family counselling, and so on.

Please also refer to our medico-legal reports page of our website for further information on adult clinical neuropsychology.

When assisting a person to adjust to educational challenges at universities or colleges for further education, our psychologists follow the same methodology described as above under Psycho-Diagnostic assessment for Adults but focus especially on the following areas of effective psychological functioning:
See our Test Library for details

• Intellectual Ability
• Scholastic Achievement - Reading, Writing, Mathematics, Oral skills
• Concentration & Attention (ADHD & other related problems)
• Memory
• Sensorimotor Ability
• Visual-motor Skills
• Motor-Coordination
• Study Skills
  

in a nutshell, a psycho-educational assessment with adults attempts to identify:

• Correlations between an individuals natural abilities and their relative academic achievements and performance; that is, the ability-achievement gap or discrepancy.
• The extent and nature of the ability-achievement gap.
• Research-based recommendations to bridge this potential gap.

Initiatives involving:

• Remedial learning
• Study skills
• Psychotherapy
• Counselling
• Skills enhancement
• Life coaching
• Educational placement
• Occupational therapy
• Family and parent counselling

are examples of the many possibilities for creating positive change in order for the individual adult to reach their full potential.

Further study options may be considered together with optimizing career planning and growth given the individual's previous experience, training, and educational background. Psycho-Educational initiatives are often usefully combined with "Career and Vocational Assessment".

Career assessment is useful for adults when:

• Reviewing their past, present and future career paths
• Making career transitions
• Reformulating career goals
• Reviewing personal strengths and weaknesses for optimal career success
• Identifying the relative fit of the individual with specific work roles
• Enhancing optimal career success for further career coaching initiatives
• Identifying possible further study options for career success and this can be combined with Psycho-Educational initiatives

To assist people in making their best decision regarding future career success, our psychologists use:

• Interviews
• Questionnaires
• Psychometric tests (See our Test Library for details)
• Active dialogue with the clients and other significant people in their lives as necessary.

During our career assessments the following core areas are focused on:

• Aptitude and (IQ) Intelligence
• Interests
• Personality
• Values
• Emotional predispositions
• Social orientation
• Emotional (EQ) Intelligence
• Motivation

Once a career assessment is completed and the findings shared with the client and other significant people in their world as required, a career development plan is generated. Should psycho-diagnostic, psycho-educational or neuropsychological problems present during the career assessment, their remedy can be built into the career development plan. Mostly, however career focussed counselling is provided to ensure optimal decision-making regarding the client's chosen career or vocational path success.