Psychosis & Thought Disorder Assessments

What We Offer

Experiences involving psychosis or thought disturbances can feel confusing, isolating, and deeply misunderstood. At Empowered People & Co, we offer comprehensive, trauma-informed assessments to bring insight, safety, and clarity to these complex experiences.

Whether you're seeking diagnosis, support planning, or access to services like the NDIS, our assessments are designed to honour your story and guide next steps, with compassion, not stigma.

What we assess

We provide comprehensive, structured assessments for a range of psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, brief psychotic disorder, substance-induced psychosis, and other or unspecified psychotic conditions. We also assess complex presentations such as mood disorders with psychotic features, PTSD with dissociation, and trauma-related experiences. In addition, we evaluate cognitive and adaptive functioning to understand daily impacts, support needs, and how individuals navigate key systems in their lives.

Who It’s For

This assessment may benefit:

  • Individuals experiencing hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, or altered reality

  • People showing signs of disorganised thoughts, confused speech, or unusual behaviours

  • Adolescents or adults with suspected early psychosis

  • Clients with flattened affect, withdrawal, or challenges staying connected to reality

  • People needing diagnostic clarity for treatment, guardianship, legal, or NDIS access

  • Individuals with overlapping trauma, substance use, or neurodevelopmental concerns

What It Involves

Our process is grounded in best practice, emotional safety, and clinical clarity. It includes:

  • A comprehensive clinical interview and detailed symptom mapping

  • Structured behavioural observations and psychometric tools

  • Cognitive testing (e.g. WAIS-IV, WISC-V, Leiter-3)

  • Adaptive behaviour assessment (e.g. Vineland-3) to explore everyday functioning

  • Screening for co-occurring conditions including trauma, substance use, personality, or neurodivergent traits

  • Reports tailored for clinical, NDIS, legal, or guardianship settings

  • Collaboration with psychiatrists, GPs, case managers, or allied professionals (with consent)

Mental health care after domestic trauma

What You Receive

You’ll receive a comprehensive, trauma-informed report that offers diagnostic clarity, outlines functional impacts, and provides evidence-based recommendations tailored to your needs. These reports are suitable for medical specialists and GPs, NDIS access or review, guardianship or legal processes, and therapeutic planning or care coordination. We also offer an optional feedback session or case conference participation to support continuity and collaboration across your care team. At the heart of our approach is a commitment to meeting each person where they are—offering not just a diagnosis, but a clearer, more compassionate path forward.