Why do I keep doing this?
The same argument with different people. The same job that goes wrong in the same way. A reaction you didn't choose and can't explain. This assessment maps your usual ways of thinking, feeling and relating, so the patterns stop being a mystery.
What is a personality assessment?
A look at your personality traits, which are your steady tendencies, and at any traits that cause trouble when they run strong. It uses two questionnaires and a conversation about how the results fit your life.
This assessment helps you see
- ✓ How you tend to think, feel and react, in your own words and in numbers
- ✓ Strengths you may be underusing
- ✓ Patterns in work and relationships, and where they come from
- ✓ What to focus on if you go into therapy
Secure, confidential scheduling
The questionnaires we use
Two questionnaires, and a conversation.
- IPIP-NEO-120. A hundred and twenty short statements that map everyday personality: five broad traits, and thirty finer ones inside them. It takes about 15 to 20 minutes, and you fill it in at home.
- PID-5-BF. Twenty-five statements about traits that can cause difficulty when they're strong, such as acting on impulse, emotional ups and downs, keeping people at a distance, or thinking others find unusual. You fill it in at home.
How it works
Two sets of statements, at home, in your own time. Then we sit down with the results, and I ask whether they sound like you. The disagreements between the forms and your sense of yourself are often the most useful part.
Questions people ask
Is it a test I can fail?
No. Describe yourself as you are, not as you'd like to be.
Does it say I have a personality disorder?
No. Neither form is a diagnosis. The second looks for strong traits, and we talk about what they mean for you.
Who sees the results?
Only you, unless you ask me to share them.