I have a brand new client and some assessments would give me more information about what they struggle with! Or, my current client seems to be doing better, but I’m only with them for 50 minutes each week or less, so how do I know if what we are doing is really affecting their life??
bridge provides a list of free open-sourced and validated assessment measures. That way, you can get an objective understanding of how things are going in therapy along with your client’s valuable self-report. Or you might get helpful info on new client difficulties to inform treatment or other needs.
Assessment measures are intended for initial information and greater understanding of client progress to help inform treatment decisions. Assessment results are not meant to constitute sole evidence for diagnosis and should be considered along with other information. Use of these measures implies responsible and ethical use by the clinician. Instructions on use are provided with each assessment measure.
Individual Assessments
Depression
Anxiety / GAD
Trauma / PTSD
Childhood Stress
Self-esteem
Cognitive screening
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) – Digital tablet version
Note: The MoCA paper version has typically involved specialized training. The digital tablet version states no training is needed due to automated features included.
More assessment measures coming soon!!
Assessment measures here consist of those that are free and open-sourced, and that have been found to meet standards of reliability. Reliability (e.g., showing consistent scores each time an assessment is completed) is important to support confidence that an assessment is measuring what it claims to measure (that is, it shows “validity”). If an assessment is not listed here, it is because it still has to be added, it is costly, or it has not yet demonstrated good reliability.