I sort of get what an assessment is...what all is involved? How are you going to learn my story?
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Last time I introduced you to psychological assessment. Now what, exactly, does that entail?

Today I get into the ingredients of psych assessment:

Record Review
Interviews
Observations and
Testing

This segment covers the R and the I...What kinds of records do we look at, and why? Who do we interview, and what kinds of questions do we ask?

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Look for polls and comment on posts on my Instagram @drjuliatx as we go through the series. I want to know what you want to know!
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I'm Julia Strait, and I'm a licensed psychologist specializing in comprehensive, trauma-informed, neurodiversity-inclusive, collaborative psychological assessment. You can find me...

• on Instagram @drjuliatx
• at the private practice where I work: https://steppingstonetherapy.org/strait/
• at Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/julia-strait-webster-tx/444237
• on the Psychology Today blog, This Emotional Mind: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/emotional-mind
• on Amazon, with an anxiety book for teens (adults can use it too :)): https://www.amazon.com/Panic-Attacks-Workbook-Teens-psychology/dp/1648766137

Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens.

Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks).

Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program.

Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/