ADULT ASSESSMENTS

Psychodiagnostic (also called ‘psychological’, ‘personality’, or ‘PTSD’ assessments) – the goal of these assessments is to assess mental health functioning and often to provide a diagnosis. They usually consist of several hours of clinical interviewing and several hours of testing as well as report writing time. A typical assessment would involve a ½ day face-to-face with the client, and the total assessment would be approx. 6-10 hours of work depending on complexity ($1380 - $2300)

Neuropsychological (or ‘neurocognitive’) – the goal is to assess cognitive functioning in relation to a brain injury, concussion, or other neurological illness/condition (e.g., dementia). These are typically full day assessments face-to-face with clients (or several ½ days depending on tolerance). The entire assessment process includes testing with client, file review, scoring, and report writing. Therefore, the total work is about 20 hours ($4600) but this varies depending on complexity.

Adult ADHD – the purpose is to determine whether someone has ADHD or not. The time with the client varies depending on whether it is a narrow focus (i.e., ADHD diagnosis) or broad focus (ADHD versus other possible learning/cognitive issues). The narrow version usually involves ½ day face-to-face with the client plus report writing whereas the broad version can be a full day with the client. The narrow version usually takes around 6 hours total ($1380 shorter version).

Legal assessments – the purpose is to conduct a psychological or neuropsychological assessment for a legal matter. The amount of hours is similar to the specific type of assessment listed above but the fee for legal assessments is higher ($250 per hour) because of the advanced skillset required. We also do legal assessments to inform divorce/custody proceedings (i.e., assess the mental health of the parents). We do NOT do custody evaluations (also called parental capacity assessments). The payer (law firm or individual client) is also responsible for the court costs of the psychologist which is over and above assessment/report fee if required.

5 business days’ notice is required for cancelation of assessments otherwise a fee equal to half the quoted rate will be applied. Abbreviated versions are available for some types of assessments.

1. These price estimates are based on an hourly rate of $230 which is consistent with College of Psychologists of NB fee guidelines