I have extensive assessment experience and have taught personality assessment at two universities. Assessment is an invaluable therapeutic tool that can assist in the process of determining:

-a client's readiness for therapy and capacity for insight
-diagnosis and case conceptualization
-treatment planning
-quality of object relations/attachment
-cognitive style and creativity
-ego functioning and defenses
-presence of depression or coping deficits
-presence of early trauma
-presence of psychosis or problems with reality testing

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