Types of Assessment Services

Dr. Pholile Dlamini, PSYD, HSP

Dr. Dlamini has a breath of experience providing academic, social, and emotional types of psychologcial assessments.

Clients often inquire about the types of psychological assessments and testing available here at Compass Counseling and Wellness.  

Assessment (or psychological testing) can be a challenge to navigate.  Read below about the differences in assessment provided by Dr. Dlamini.

ADHD/ADD
This assessment provides a measure of your cognitive skills related to sustaining attention, inhibiting impulsive behaviors, demonstrating cognitive flexibility, and the ability to plan for task completion, time management, and organization (executive functioning skills).

Learning Disorder/Disability
This assessment will measure your achievement level and help ascertain the presence of learning disabilities in the areas of math, reading, and writing.

​Social/Emotional Difficulties
This assessment measures cognitive abilities related to empathy, social perception, and cognitive abilities and social/emotional problems. This assessment will help me determine the presence of various social/emotional disorders such as Anxiety (Social, Generalized), Depression, Bipolar (I/II).
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Twice Exceptional (2E)
This assessment helps to identify youth who are intellectually gifted and have concurrent learning disabilities. We provide recommendations on how to better support them academically and therapeutically.

Bariatric Psych Evaluations

​Thinking about assessment can be overwhelming.  Dr. Dlamini is here to help with any questions you might have concerning psychological testing and/or assessments. 
​Feel free to reach out today.