At Wholesome Psychology, we believe that clarity is foundational to healing. A formal mental health assessment offers a structured, professional pathway to understanding emotional, cognitive, and psychological challenges. If you’re in Edmonton or St. Albert and seeking answers about your mental health, our licensed psychologists provide compassionate, evidence-informed assessments tailored to your unique needs.
What Is a Formal Mental Health Assessment?
A formal mental health assessment is a comprehensive evaluation that explores your emotional and psychological functioning. It typically includes clinical interviews, standardized psychological testing, and behavioral observations. This process provides a diagnostic foundation for treatment planning, workplace accommodations, or legal documentation, and is often essential for making informed, confident decisions about your care.
At Wholesome Psychology, we conduct assessments that are both clinical and human—meaning they are scientifically valid but delivered with warmth, respect, and curiosity. Whether you are an adult, a youth, or a professional navigating stress or trauma, our assessments are built around your personal context and concerns.
Who Benefits from Mental Health Assessments?
Many people in Edmonton and St. Albert seek formal mental health evaluations for a variety of reasons. These may include:
- Adults experiencing anxiety, depression, burnout, or confusion about their symptoms
- Youth struggling with academic, emotional, or behavioral issues
- First responders and frontline workers seeking trauma-informed evaluations
- Professionals needing documentation for medical leave or workplace accommodations
- People recovering from accidents or injuries, especially involving head trauma
- Clients needing clarity about neurodivergence, cognitive challenges, or diagnostic insight
Our assessments can lead to diagnostic clarification (e.g., PTSD, ADHD, depression), workplace guidance, legal support, or simply a better understanding of yourself. If you're unsure whether you need therapy, a diagnosis, or just direction—this is a great first step.
What’s Included in the Assessment Process?
- Initial Consultation: You’ll begin with a conversation about your needs and goals. This helps us match you with the right psychologist and assessment type.
- Clinical Interview: You’ll meet with your therapist to review medical, psychological, and life history in a safe, respectful space.
- Testing: Depending on the concerns, you’ll complete paper-based or digital questionnaires that may assess mood, behavior, cognition, trauma, or executive functioning.
- Scoring and Interpretation: Your results are analyzed and interpreted by a licensed psychologist with clinical experience in the issues presented.
- Feedback Session: We’ll meet to review results, answer questions, and provide a personalized, plain-language report with recommendations.
The entire process is confidential, judgment-free, and paced with your comfort in mind. You are never just a number at Wholesome Psychology—we value the whole person behind the symptoms.
Types of Assessments We Offer
We provide several kinds of formal assessments at our Edmonton and St. Albert locations, including:
- PTSD and Trauma Assessments – for first responders, veterans, or anyone exposed to traumatic stress
- Return-to-Work Evaluations – to assess psychological readiness to return after mental health leave
- Psychological Functional Capacity Assessments – measuring ability to handle workplace and life demands
- Psychoeducational Testing – identifying ADHD, learning disabilities, giftedness, and academic challenges
- Brain-Injury and Cognitive Assessments – post-concussion or post-trauma evaluations for memory and processing
- YourPsychPulse Mental Health Scan – a quick, high-level screening to identify areas needing support
Each of these services is grounded in formal psychological tools and tailored to your circumstances. We ensure every recommendation is ethical, clear, and useful in real-world contexts.
Why Local Matters: Edmonton and St. Albert Context
We are proud to be part of the Edmonton and St. Albert communities. Our psychologists are familiar with local workplace cultures, school systems, and regional health resources. This matters—especially when assessments are used for insurance, legal processes, or employer documentation.
We frequently support clients referred by:
- Family doctors and medical clinics across Edmonton and St. Albert
- School counsellors and educational psychologists
- Law firms and case managers
- Workplace wellness coordinators and HR departments
If you’re a referring provider, contact us for streamlined intake support. If you're a client looking for answers, we’re here for you too.
Compassionate Expertise You Can Trust
At Wholesome Psychology, formal mental health assessments are never cold or transactional. We build every evaluation on empathy, relational safety, and professionalism. Our clinicians are not only registered and experienced—they’re also attuned to the emotional weight that assessments often carry.
Meet our team at our Our Therapists page, where you’ll find bios and specialties to help you choose the right fit. We work with children, teens, adults, and professionals, and offer services in multiple languages when needed.
Integrated Support and Follow-Up
After your assessment, we don't just hand you a report and send you away. We offer optional ongoing counselling and therapy services to support your goals, whether that’s trauma healing, skill-building, or just feeling better in daily life.
We can also collaborate—at your request—with schools, doctors, and workplaces to ensure the support you need is actually implemented in the world around you.
Start with a Conversation
It’s normal to have questions before starting a formal mental health assessment. We offer no-pressure consultations so you can ask what to expect, explore costs, or simply talk to a real person.
Reach out to us today and take the first step toward clarity and confidence. We’re here, locally, in Edmonton and St. Albert—ready to help.
