Assessments - Restoration Counseling of Atlanta

Comprehensive Assessment Services for Children, Teens, Adults, Couples, and Families

Sometimes the best place to begin is with a clearer understanding of what you’re experiencing.

At Restoration Counseling of Atlanta, we provide comprehensive mental health assessments to help identify emotional, behavioral, relational, and psychological concerns. Our assessment services provide valuable insight to guide your next steps. We offer evidence-informed assessments for children, teens, adults, couples, and families throughout Georgia.

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What Is a Mental Health Assessment?

A mental health assessment is a structured process that helps identify emotional, behavioral, cognitive, personality, or relationship concerns. Rather than relying on guesswork, assessments combine clinical interviews with standardized, evidence-based tools to provide a clearer understanding of what’s happening.

An assessment may help answer questions such as:

Why am I struggling with anxiety or depression?
Why do I continue experiencing relationship conflict?
What treatment approach is most likely to help?
What are my strengths as well as my challenges?

Our goal is to help you better understand yourself and create an effective path toward healing and growth.

Who May Benefit From an Assessment?

You may benefit from an assessment if you:

Feel stuck but aren’t sure why.
Want greater clarity before beginning counseling.
Wonder whether anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, or another concern may be contributing to your struggles.
Have tried counseling but still have unanswered questions.
Want a better understanding of your personality or relationship patterns.
Need recommendations for treatment planning.

You don’t have to know exactly what type of assessment you need. We can help determine whether an assessment would be beneficial during your initial consultation.

What Types of Assessments Do We Offer?

Anxiety & Depression Assessments

Gain clarity about emotional symptoms and receive recommendations for treatment.

Personality Assessments

Develop a deeper understanding of personality traits, relationship patterns, emotional functioning, and coping styles.

Trauma Assessments

Explore how past experiences may be affecting your current emotional health and relationships.

Substance Use Assessments

Determine the severity of substance use concerns and identify the most appropriate level of care.

By special arrangement, a complete addiction assessment may be arranged through your primary therapist or through Patrick Caffrey, LPC, who is the Restoration Counseling of Atlanta addictions specialist. The assessment includes interviews with the subject and significant others and a battery of diagnostic tests and questionnaires. The purpose is to determine the presence of addiction, the level of severity and to make recommendations for treatment. The results are made available in a detailed, written report. The time involved averages about two hours. The cost is $400.00. You may contact Pat Caffrey at pat@restorationcounselingatl.com for more information.

Sexual Addiction Assessments

Troy Snyder has specialized in the treatment of sexual addiction since 2005. In the assessment, we will determine the presence of addiction, the level of addiction, and the recommended treatment for the client. Troy will use his experience and knowledge of sexual addiction to guide the client to the best form of treatment for success. You can contact him at troy@restorationcounselingatl.com.

Career & Vocational Assessments

Discover your strengths, interests, and career preferences to make informed educational or career decisions.

Premarital & Relationship Assessments

Strengthen communication, identify growth areas, and build a healthier relationship foundation.

Premarital Assessment

SYMBIS stands for Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts. The assessment is a 15-page report packed with practical and personalized insights, making it a powerful pre-marriage tool. The number of premarital sessions can be decided by the facilitator, with an average of 4-8 meetings.

The SYMBIS report begins with an assessment of the marriage momentum, an aggregate measure of the couple’s responses. This is based on the following.

Four main sections of the assessment:

Mindset: Research reveals 5 possible attitudes toward marriage. The SYMBIS report not only shows you which one each person has but how their mindsets mesh.
Wellbeing: A marriage can only be as healthy as the two people in it. The report reveals the psychological, emotional, and spiritual health of each person as well as any “caution flags” needing to be explored.
Context: One marries not only another person but also their circumstances or their “baggage.” The report reveals each person’s social support, financial picture, and family of origin. Second marriages and blended families can also be addressed.
Dynamics: The Report shows how two complex and unique God-given personalities combine on the issues that matter most: love, sex, communication, conflict, attitude and spirituality.

The assessment is beautifully designed. There are over 50 discussion starters on each page of the report, which evoke the experience and competence of the facilitator and ensure lively engagement from the couple.

The assessment is $35, sent to the couple by the facilitator. After payment, each person independently answers 300 questions in about 30 minutes. The assessment is completed virtually, providing maximum flexibility for the couple. Once you go through the assessment with your facilitator, you will be able to reflect on it without confusing symbols, language, or constructs seen in other assessments. There is also an optional workbook that can be purchased that can enhance the experience with thoughtful exercises and additional questions.

Marital Assessments

Marital Enrichment – SYMBIS+

SYMBIS + is for couples who have been married and has everything mentioned above in the SYMBIS Assessment with two additional pages. Time styles reveal how the couple’s personalities have been hard-wired for time, leading to practical solutions and reallocation of time. Harmony is a snapshot of how the couple is experiencing the issues that matter the most.

RightPath Assessment

Read more about this tool which is used by some of our marriage therapists. It is a behavioral assessment that is one of a kind. It helps to establish an objective approach to communicating, navigating conflict, and relating well within your relationship.

Enrich Marital Assessment

The ENRICH Marital Assessment is an online assessment that couples take to improve and better understand their relationship. Each person takes this test separately and provides a detailed report for the therapist about significant aspects of the couple’s relationship.

Goals will be achieved as we:

Explore strength and growth areas
Strengthen communication skills
Identify and manage major stressors
Resolve conflict using the Ten-Step Model
Develop a more balanced relationship
Explore family of origin issues
Discuss financial planning and budgeting
Establish personal, couple, and family goals
Understand and appreciate personality differences

The assessment has a one-time online cost of $35 and can only be administered by and interpreted by a trained ENRICH facilitator.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between an assessment and counseling?

Counseling focuses on helping you work through concerns over time. An assessment is a structured evaluation designed to better understand your symptoms, strengths, and needs, often providing recommendations that guide future treatment.

Do I need an assessment before starting counseling?

Not usually. Many people begin counseling without formal testing. If your therapist believes an assessment would be helpful, they will discuss that recommendation with you.

Will I receive my results?

Yes. Your counselor will review the results with you, explain what they mean, and discuss recommendations for next steps. Whether you receive a written report depends on the type of assessment being completed.

When an Assessment May Not Be Necessary

Not every concern requires formal testing. In many cases, an initial counseling evaluation provides enough information to begin treatment.

If a more comprehensive assessment would be beneficial, your counselor will explain why and discuss the available options with you. Our goal is to recommend only the services that are genuinely helpful for your situation.