Our parenting assessments can be tailored for both prospective and current parents. For those considering having children together in the future, you’ll get a clearer picture of what your parenting dynamic will look like. You’ll know what to expect in terms of your communication, conflict resolution styles, and how to best manage stress together. Future parents come out of our assessment feeling more ready to take the next step together and overcome challenges they may face through their children’s development.
For current parents, this assessment will help you learn more about who you are as parents and why, as well as how to overcome challenges and work better as a team. We know how painful it can be to feel like you want to show up differently for your kids, but struggle to put it into practice. Our parenting assessment will illuminate where and why you’re getting stuck and unlock new ways of functioning as a parental unit and a family. We’ll help you become the best parents you can be for your children.
Questions you might hope to answer:
“What future challenges might arise when we parent together?”
“How can we be the best parents for our children?”
“How is stress impacting our parenting, and how can we better manage it?”
“Why am I parenting just like my parents did, even though I’m trying to be different?”
FAQs
What is a psychological assessment?
A psychological assessment is a handful of sessions (usually in the 2-8 range) that combine interviewing, psychological testing, and a feedback session to discuss the results.
What types of couples get a parenting assessment?
Our parenting assessments are for both prospective parents and those who are already parents and want to improve the ways they parent their children together. We examine key areas such as your communication and conflict resolution styles, your emotional processing, and how you handle stress. With this information, we can give you direct guidance on how you can be the best parenting team you can be.
Why should I consider getting a parenting assessment?
If you and your partner want to feel more prepared for becoming parents, or want to improve how you co-parent together already, then you should consider a parenting assessment. When you meet with your assessor for a complimentary consultation, you can decide together whether a parenting assessment would be a good fit.
What’s so special about these psychological tests?
You can think about psychological tests as similar to medical tests (such as X-rays or bloodwork). Just as medical tests can show something going on physically in your body that you may or may not know about or feel symptoms of, psychological tests can show aspects of a person’s psychology, emotions, thought processes, problem-solving style, or relationship functioning more clearly. Psychological tests have developed from decades of research and empirical evidence, making them robust in reliability and validity. Only doctoral level psychologists have the specialized training to administer psychological tests.
Should I only do testing, or should my partner and I both do it?
It depends. In most situations where a couple wants to improve their relationship, having both partners do testing can give a lot more information than just one partner doing testing. However, there are some situations where it makes more sense for only one partner to do testing. For example, if one partner thinks they might have ADHD, we can assess that partner for ADHD.
My therapist wants me to do testing. Will you talk with them? Do they get the results?
We deeply value professional consultation and collaboration and are always happy to consult with therapists about the results of testing. After our feedback session, we send your feedback PowerPoint to you through our secure client portal and you are welcome to share the report with your therapist. We are also able to meet with you and your therapist if you decide that would be helpful.
Can you do personality testing for public service job applicants (police, security, firearms certification, etc.)?
Yes, for Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
How does payment work?
After your free consultation with one of our assessors, you will receive a quote for the entire assessment. For any service hours (either face-to-face hours with an assessor, or hours the assessor is spending scoring and analyzing test results), fees are charged the day before the service hour occurs. Material costs are charged on the first day of testing along with the service hours for that day. In this way, the fee for an assessment is charged in spread-out portions over the course of a few weeks.
Does every person you assess get the same tests?
No! Our assessments are custom made for every couple or individual getting assessed. Which tests are chosen depends on what the couple or client are hoping to find out from the assessment.
How do you give me the results of testing? Do I get a report?
You will get the results of the testing in a 1-hour feedback session with your assessor. During this hour, your assessor will talk through the results and also present a feedback powerpoint, which you will get a PDF of after the session. We do not provide written reports because we’ve found that they’re not an effective way of delivering feedback to clients. However, if a written report is needed for a certain circumstance, we are open to discussing this further and providing one if appropriate.
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PCT clinicians who specialize in parenting psychological assessments
If you’re someone who likes the research, the evidence, and knowing why something works, you’re not alone. There can be something remarkably encouraging about having information that’s backed by science. At the very least, it gives us a clearer direction and a starting point for what comes next.
That’s exactly why we’re passionate about couples assessments here at PCT.
