Be BOLD offers Holistic, Affirming, and Strengths-Based Psychological Evaluations and Psychoeducational Testing for Adults, Kids, and Teens – Available Virtually Across NC and VA and In-Person in Durham
Are you or your child struggling with learning, mood, focus, memory, or other emotional challenges? Are you seeking to explore your neurotype, and curious if Autism or ADHD may fit your experiences? Do you feel nervous or on edge, and wondering if it might be anxiety, or something else? Or maybe you have been struggling academically or within the workplace, and you are curious if you might qualify for academic or workplace accommodations?
If you are looking for comprehensive, neuroaffirming psychological or psychoeducational evaluations for children, adolescents, and adults across North Carolina and Virginia, look no further!
At Be BOLD Psychology and Consulting, we are proud to offer strengths-based, neurodivergent-affirming psychological evaluations and psychoeducational evaluations for clients of all ages. Whether you are a parent seeking clarity and support for your child’s learning and development, or an adult exploring neurodivergent identity or seeking supports, including testing or workplace accommodations, we can help. Our neurodivergent-affirming psychologists provide high-quality psychological evaluations for children, adolescents, and adults. We serve clients across North Carolina and Virginia through secure telehealth sessions and also offer in-person sessions in Durham.
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What Are the Different Kinds of Psychological and Psychoeducational Evaluations?
Diagnostic Evaluations: These evaluations help to diagnose specific mental health conditions, such as depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, trauma disorders, personality disorders, and more. Through careful assessment and analysis, our licensed psychologists and postdoctoral fellows can provide accurate diagnoses that serve as a foundation for effective treatment planning.
We offer comprehensive neuroaffirming evaluations for kids, adolescents, and adults in North Carolina and Virginia who might be wondering “what really fits?” Or, sometimes our clients have received a variety of different diagnoses across time and want a synthesized report to help them, their family, or their treatment provider really understand what might be going on now. We are happy to help! Our comprehensive neuroaffirming evaluations include a detailed clinical interview and record review that integrates any and all medical and mental health history to create a clear understanding of where your needs are today, while also considering important information from past psychological evaluations and treatment as well.
Psychoeducational Evaluations: This type of evaluation is designed to assess an individual’s academic and school-related abilities, including cognitive functioning, learning strengths and challenges, and attention or executive functioning strengths and challenges. These evaluations often support individuals seeking academic accommodations in settings such as high school, college, graduate programs, employment, or standardized testing environments (e.g., GRE, LSAT, MCAT). They can also be used to inform or support 504/IEP plans for kids and adolescents. Psychoeducational evaluations can also be used to support workplace accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
The psychoeducational evaluation process typically includes a clinical interview, collateral interviews, review of collateral data, and standardized testing. Assessment tools may include broad measures of intelligence (IQ) and academic achievement, as well as targeted instruments to evaluate diagnostic criteria for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, or other learning differences.
Psychoeducational evaluation results can clarify diagnoses, guide treatment or academic planning, and provide documentation required by schools or employers when requesting formal accommodations.
Neuropsychological Evaluations: If you’re facing cognitive challenges or changes in brain function, a neuropsychological evaluation can provide valuable insights. These assessments further explore cognitive abilities, memory, attention, and executive functioning, aiding in the understanding of neurological conditions and guiding rehabilitation strategies.
Depending on the specific referral question, we may be able to help! If the referral question is outside of our scope of practice, we would be glad to provide information for local neuropsychologists who can assist!
Personality Assessments: Understanding one’s personality traits, strengths, and potential areas of growth can be incredibly helpful! Our personality assessments offer valuable insights that can help you navigate relationships, career choices, and overall life satisfaction.
Typically, personality assessment measures are included in a comprehensive diagnostic evaluation. However, in some cases it may be helpful to administer a personality measure and discuss the results.
Forensic Evaluations: For legal and court-related matters, our forensic evaluations can provide expert insights into mental health issues that may impact legal cases. Whether it’s assessing capacity to proceed to trial, parenting strengths and weaknesses, or risk for future violence, our evaluations offer a comprehensive perspective. Because forensic evaluation services are a specialized type of evaluation service, please see our forensic evaluation services page for more information!
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Adult Psychological and Psychoeducational Evaluations at Be BOLD
Whether you’re navigating college, graduate school, a new career, or simply seeking self-understanding, our adult psychodiagnostic and psychoeducational evaluations provide meaningful insights. These evaluations are ideal if you’re seeking diagnostic clarity, medication management services, treatment planning support, academic or testing accommodations, exploring neurodivergence, or need documentation for academic or workplace support.
We use a collaborative, affirming approach to explore learning styles, cognitive processing, executive functioning, and mental health. Our adult clients appreciate the empowering, whole-person feedback they receive – no pathologizing, just understanding and solutions.
Our psychological and psychoeducational evaluation options for adults include:
• Comprehensive Neuroaffirming Psychological Evaluation
• Comprehensive Neuroaffirming Psychoeducational Evaluation
• Comprehensive Neuroaffirming Psychological and Psychoeducational Evaluation
• Substance Use Evaluation
• Intelligence (IQ) Only Testing
• Achievement Only Testing
• Other Specified Evaluation
We also offer a variety of court-ordered and court-involved evaluations, including psychosexual evaluations, parental capacity evaluations, and mental health and substance use evaluations for custody conflicts, probation, sentencing, and more! Learn more about our court-ordered and forensic services by clicking here!
Psychological and Psychoeducational Evaluations for Kids and Teens at Be BOLD
Parents often come to us when their child is struggling with attention, overwhelm, emotional challenges, bullying, separation or divorce, peer relationships, academic performance or challenges, or navigating sensory differences. Our pediatric and adolescent evaluations help clarify what’s going on and offer practical, compassionate guidance that puts the child and teen’s developmental, emotional, and neurotype needs first – leading to better outcomes for all.
Our psychological and psychoeducational evaluation options for kids and teens in North Carolina include:
• Comprehensive Neuroaffirming Psychological Evaluation
• Comprehensive Neuroaffirming Psychological and Psychoeducational Evaluation
• Substance Use Evaluation
• Intelligence (IQ) Only Testing (6 years and up)
• Achievement Only Testing (4 years and up)
• Early Entry to Kindergarten
• Other Specified Evaluation
These psychological and psychoeducational evaluations for kids and teens can help assess or evaluate
• ADHD
• Executive functioning
• Autism (including non-speaking presentations)
• Learning differences, including dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, or other reading or math challenges
• IQ, including verbal comprehension, visual spatial, fluid reasoning, working memory, and processing speed.
• Emotional and behavioral differences
• IEP and 504 plan documentation support
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Why Choose Be BOLD for Psychological and Psychoeducational Evaluations in North Carolina?
At Be BOLD, our team of licensed psychologists and post-doctoral fellows have years of specialized experience in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of psychological testing. Our doctoral education programs focused on psychological testing and evaluation, and we have 1000’s of hours combined in predoctoral and postdoctoral training to ensure you receive the most comprehensive, helpful evaluation for you!
Moreover, we have worked hard to make our evaluations and reports as neuroaffirming as possible, despite being asked to ultimately work within the medical model. That means that we do our best to administer only the psychological testing instruments deemed most necessary to answer your referral question. Unfortunately, in some cases (such as some colleges disability service office’s requirements, or requirements from professional organizations or boards when seeking testing accommodations) we are required to administer certain types of testing instruments, and we will discuss that with you before beginning. In fact, we will discuss the whole process with you and explain the reason why we recommend, or do not recommend, a certain test or instrument to be a part of your testing batter! And we will always answer any questions you have about your psychological testing needs or experiences!
At Be BOLD, we have several doctoral-level psychologists and we typically have weekend and evening availability if needed for psychoeducational and psychological evaluations. We know it can be hard for kids to miss school. We do our best to accommodate Saturday and evening appointments. We can also break appointments up so that children and adolescents (and their parents or guardians!) may only need to miss two hours one day in the morning, and another two hours another day in the afternoon – so kids and adolescents do not have to miss the same class or period several times to complete their psychological evaluation.
At Be BOLD, we often can get you started with your intake the same week you reach out! No long wait times. We know it can be frustrating waiting to get an evaluation, especially if this further delays your ability to begin medication management, receive academic or testing accommodations, or workplace supports. We aim to get you started in no more than two weeks, but oftentimes the same week you reach out! We know just having that initial appointment on the calendar can bring some relief.
At Be BOLD, we utilize best practices in psychological testing, including the utilization of empirically supported psychological testing and self-report measures. We do list specific psychological tests and measures in our packages as they are common components offered with the psychological evaluation. However, we always tailor it to your individualized presenting need(s).
In most cases, our evaluations can be completed entirely via telehealth/virtually; however, we have office space in Durham, North Carolina, that can be utilized as needed. All psychoeducational evaluations will need at least one in-person session at our office in Durham, as standardized intelligence (IQ) and achievement measures cannot reliably be provided via telehealth at this time.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Psychological and Psychoeducational Evaluations in North Carolina
What are the benefits of psychological evaluations
Choosing to undergo a psychological evaluation with a licensed psychologist can provide numerous benefits:
Accurate Diagnosis: It is really important to obtain an accurate diagnosis to guide treatment, interventions, and especially medication-management. For example, being treated for bipolar disorder, when you don’t actually experience mania, or being diagnosed with ADHD, when you may instead (or also have) anxiety, can be really problematic – especially if you are being prescribed medications to help alleviate symptoms of an incorrect diagnosis! Licensed psychologists will utilize a variety of measures and data points to offer a truly holistic picture, leading to a more accurate diagnose and ensuring you receive the right treatment for your specific needs.
Personalized Treatment: Information and insights gained from psychological evaluations can allow your treating therapist or medication provider to better tailor treatment plans to your unique need, maximizing the effectiveness of interventions.
Self-Discovery: Psychological evaluations can offer helpful insights into your personality, strengths, and areas for growth, promoting self-awareness and personal development.
Informed Decision-Making: Whether it’s making school or career choices, or managing relationships, the information gained from psychological evaluations empowers you to make well-informed decisions.
Legal Support: In legal matters, our forensic evaluations can provide important information to the trier of fact and contribute to fairer legal proceedings.
What ages do you serve?
At this time, our psychoeducational and psychological evaluations are for clients located in North Carolina and Virginia and are ages six and up! However, if you have a child who is younger, reach out! We are exploring offering testing to younger kids, including Early Entry to Kindergarten testing!
What is the process to get started with a psychological evaluation?
To begin, you can call or text our Practice Manager at 919-525-1873 and express interest in a psychological evaluation. You can also email us at referrals@beboldpsychnc.com.
Please share as much as you are comfortable about what you or your child’s needs are, and we will reply with more information about our evaluation packages and the process to get started.
You can also self-schedule a free 20-minute consult with one of our available doctoral-level providers by clicking here!
Every evaluation begins with a 60-minute intake ($275). This will be used to get some clinical background and is also an opportunity to ask questions about the evaluation process and collaboratively decide on the best testing package, discuss collateral record needs and releases of information, and schedule the next evaluation session or sessions with your psychologist.
How should I prepare for my psychological evaluation?
To best prepare, try to get a good night’s sleep. Do your best to eat a light meal beforehand, and try to arrive (or log in) a few minutes early. If you are coming to the office for testing and will be staying for a few hours, please feel free to bring a light snack and water with you! We can break between tests for you to eat if needed, as well as to use the bathroom.
If you’re feeling nervous, know that’s completely normal. We will walk you through every step. For kids and adolescents undergoing testing, it helps to frame the evaluation as a way to better understand how their brain works and what can help them thrive at home, school, or with friends. You don’t need to study or practice in advance. Just come as you are.
The evaluation will typically consist of a clinical interview or interviews, some surveys or self-report measures, and in some cases administration of other testing measures where we might be doing puzzles, asking trivia-type questions, doing memory tasks, assessing math or reading, or more. With younger kids, there may be a play-based component and we would always be interviewing parents and guardians as well, in addition to sending self-report surveys to parents, guardians, and oftentimes teachers.
How do I know if I need a psychological evaluation or a psychoeducational evaluation?
A psychological evaluation is often used when you’re seeking clarity around mental health, mood, anxiety, trauma, or personality-related concerns. For adults, we can also assess for ADHD and Autism during our standard psychological evaluation. This option is also good for clients who may have received different diagnoses over time, and are curious what might best describe or fit their current experiences and needs.
A psychoeducational evaluation focuses more on learning differences, academic performance, and school-based needs like IEPs or accommodations. These evaluations often support individuals seeking academic accommodations in settings such as high school, college, graduate programs, employment, or standardized testing environments (e.g., GRE, LSAT, MCAT). They can also be used to support workplace accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Many of our evaluations include both components, and we’ll help you figure out the best fit during your free consultation or paid intake appointment. For those with a history of mental health treatment, we highly recommend upgrading testing to include a comprehensive evaluation of mental health functioning to get the full picture of what may be occurring, as other mental health diagnoses may also be at play and can be very important to include when requesting accommodations or supports.
Do I have to come in person for my psychological evaluation?
The majority of our adult psychological evaluations can be completed virtually! No long drives to a cold-office, no running into others in the waiting room. You just need a device with audio/video capability, a strong internet connection, and privacy. Our secure online platforms ensure your privacy while allowing you to access top-notch psychological evaluation services from the comfort of your own space.
However, we have office space in Durham, North Carolina, that can be utilized as needed. All psychoeducational evaluations for kids, adolescents, and adults will need at least one in-person session at our office in Durham, as standardized intelligence (IQ) and achievement measures cannot reliably be provided via telehealth at this time. Feel free to email us at referrals@beboldpsychnc.com to learn more!
Do you take insurance for psychological evaluations?
We do not accept nor bill insurance to cover the cost of fees for evaluations. However, we can offer a superbill for the intake portion of this evaluation (90791/90791-95, fee is $275). We do not offer superbills for the remainder of testing/evaluation services; thus, additional submission for insurance reimbursement is not possible. We do offer invoices, by request.
What is the cost for your psychological evaluations?
The majority of our psychological and psychoeducational evaluations are priced by the evaluation type, and not by the hour. They typically range from $2400-$4000, depending on the type of evaluation. The intake cost is included in the package price, not in addition to the package price.
Psychological evaluations typically include anywhere from 6-12 hours of face-to-face (virtual or in-office), which also includes the 60-minute intake and the 60-minute feedback session. Additionally, scoring and interpreting the various measures and integrating the data into a comprehensive integrated report typically takes the clinician 12-20 hours. The total time spent on your evaluation is usually between 18 and 32 hours.
How long will it take for me to receive my psychological testing report?
We aim to have your report completed as soon as possible following the last testing session! Generally, reports will be provided 3-4 weeks following the completion of the evaluative procedures (i.e., the last day of testing or whenever all surveys, collateral interviews, and collateral records are received). We know this is a significant emotional, time, and financial investment and we want to ensure we are comprehensive. That is why we do our best to get any records that would help to inform your referral question. Unfortunately, if we need to request the records, that can delay completion of the evaluation. If you have your records, you can email them to us or upload to your client portal – and we will thank you for it!
Does someone go over my psychological evaluation results with me?
Yes, we provide a 60-minute feedback session, included in your evaluation package pricing, for most evaluations. We will share the report with you and go over each section, including a tailored recommendations section that is specific to you and your results!
Can you send my psychological evaluation to my doctor, school, or workplace?
Yes, with a release of information on file, we are happy to fax or email your evaluation wherever you would like. You are also free to share your evaluation with whomever you would like, as you will receive a digital copy for your records. However, there is oftentimes a lot of private and sensitive data in the full evaluation. We are also happy to offer a diagnostic summary and send that, which would include only the diagnosis or diagnoses, if relevant. We are also happy to speak to other medical or mental health providers, school officials, or supervisors. We can also participate in IEP or 504 meetings. Please note additional hourly costs may apply for these consultation services.
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Invest in your mental well-being with our neuroaffirming, comprehensive Psychological Evaluation Services in North Carolina and Virginia for kids, adolescents, and adults! Our doctoral level psychological evaluators are dedicated to providing accurate assessments, personalized recommendations, and expert insights that can guide you towards a healthier and more fulfilling life.
Contact us today to schedule a free consultation with a psychologist to further discuss your evaluation needs, scheduling, pricing, and package options!
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Call or text: 919-525-1873
Email: Referrals@beboldpsychnc.com
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We look forward to the opportunity to offer you high-quality, individualized, research-based psychological and psychoeducational services in Durham, North Carolina and virtually across North Carolina and Virginia!
