Psychiatric Diagnostic Assessments.

Comprehensive Psychiatric Diagnostic Assessments

At Tethered Healing, Dr. Samadhi provides comprehensive psychiatric diagnostic assessments to both Colorado and California residents. Comprehensive diagnostic evaluations assist in clarifying a variety of diagnoses including PTSD, Anxiety Disorders, Depression, Eating Disorders, Bipolar Disorder, and other mental and emotional health diagnoses. A client's unique history and current needs are taken into consideration when determining the assessments used. Please note, we do not provide worker’s compensation evaluations or forensic interviews for justice-involved persons.

  • Clinical Interview

  • Self-Report Forms

  • Screening for various mental health disorders such as PTSD, Depression, Anxiety Disorders, OCD, Eating Disorders, Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorders, and Personality Disorders using gold-standard semi-structured clinician-administered assessments

  • Feedback Session

  • Written Report and Recommendations

Benefits of Psychiatric Diagnostic Assessments

Although psychiatric diagnoses can be limiting in their ability to full capture the breadth of a person’s experience and upholds a pathological rather than holistic perspective, there can be several benefits of receiving a thorough diagnostic assessment. If you’ve been struggling with a variety of symptoms and feel confused about what is happening and how to work on it, psychiatric assessments can be helpful in

  • Providing clarity about what is occurring and not occurring with regards to mental health and mental illness

  • Provide a direction for treatment options including recommended psychotherapy options and medications*

  • Normalizing and legitimizing what you’ve been struggling with

Rates for assessments are $225/hour and include interview, administration, scoring and report writing time, and feedback sessions. Tethered Healing does not accept insurance. Please see Fees & FAQ’s page for further information about fees, and policies.

*Note that Dr. Samadhi is not a medical doctor and thus does not provide recommendations for any medications including psychiatric. Rather, the diagnostic assessment can reveal the presence of a mental health disorder, which can be brought to a psychiatrist or other prescriber for discussion about medication options.