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PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT REPORT

Psychological Assessment Report

Rochelle Myers

Mansfield University
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Psychological Assessment Report

Demographic Information

Name: DOB: January 24th, 1997

Phone: (570) 404-3667 Age: 22

E-mail: garrisonsg24@mansfield.edu Sex: male

Name of Interviewer: Rochelle Myers Date of Interview: 04/09/2019

Identifying and Reason for Referral

Scott is 22-year-old, Mansfield resident who came to the counseling center, located here on

campus in the beginning of the semester. He stated that he was struggling with anxiety and

needed guidance. He also mentioned that this has been going on for quite some time now. An

assessment was conducted afterwards in order to help the client figure out where the stress and

anxiety was coming from. The intentions for the assessment was to better understand Scott and

to guide him in the right direction, as well as provide him with proper recommendations.

Family Background

Scott Charles has lived in Mansfield his whole life. He was raised by both his mother and father,

who are still married to one another. Growing up, he had two brothers and one of which is his

twin. The relationships that he has with each member of his immediate family is stable and

moderate. Out of them all he is the slightest bit closer to his mother, because as he was growing

up and finding his own interests “she made the slightest effort to understand his interests”. This

was something that his father could not do which had an impact on how they built their

relationship.
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When talking about his father, Scott mentioned that “overall, he is a C+ dad I guess, he

is there and does his job but just never truly engaged with me and tends to operate on self-

centered feelings.” He stated how the passive aggressive comments from his dad were towards

his driving and how those “damn video games” is the influence in his driving habits. His father

tends to work and do his own thing outside, so he never shared any interest in building a deeper

connection with Scott and to play with him. Scott stated how his dad had more faith in his older

brother Rob, because he had more going for him artistically and musically. Scott was never

demonstrated the same amount of faith by his father. He didn’t feel that his video game interest

was anything other than a game. Scott decided to major in Psychology and English instead, even

though he would like to do something more towards computer science and art. This all has led in

to Scotts inability to truly connect with his father.

As for Scott’s siblings he stated how they are “not super connected and have always

respected each other’s space.” Scott and his twin are very close in age to their older brother, Rob,

who is 24 currently. The client mentioned how when they all were younger, they used to attend

karate together. This led to him bonding more with his older brother, since his twin stopped

lessons early on. The client’s relationship with his twin is not the stereotypical twin relationship.

Scott and John constantly fought when they were younger and when asked about his twin, Scott

called him the “antagonizer”. Scott also brought up how “he and everybody else in his life were

always comparing him to his twin” this inferiority complex that he built towards his brother

went on for 9 years until he was 18. Scott went into detail about John and how everything came

so easy for him, getting into shape, getting good grades, and talking to other people and

especially girls. The client never understood this and felt that he couldn’t live up to his twin’s

standards, which had a huge impact on how Scott felt about himself as a kid and a teenager.
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He went through a great time of trying to seek his worth in the eyes of others and his twin

but was never happy or content with himself. He internalized these feelings he had about himself

for a long time and eventually had nothing else to do with them besides sort through them. He

changed his group of friends because his old circle was built by his twin. Scott made the choice

to seek out new people who didn’t make him feel little of himself and that wouldn’t compare him

to his twin. Scott stated that at this time in his life he started to run with his new group of friends,

which helped him shift all that energy into something that made him feel better about himself.

He had done multiple steps in order to change the way he felt towards his brother John. His twin

and him are not closer than they ever were before this setback, but Scott stated how he no longer

feels the need to compare himself to John.

Counseling & Medical History

This client has had an extensive history with counseling in his past as well as current.

He stated how each of them have felt like “small steps” and it has been an “incremental

progress.” He first remembers going to counseling when he was around the age of nine, for anger

issues as a child. He disliked himself and tended to take that feeling out on others in anger. When

he was 10 years old, Scott recalls impulsively punching a hole through the window because he

was angry with his brother. This incident sent him the hospital for surgery and stitches. He stated

afterwards, that he only went to this counselor for a few more sessions and his parents would

come in at the end to hear what the counselor had to say. Much later, Scott said how he had gone

back to see a counselor during his junior year of high school, because he thought that he was left

undiagnosed for depression and ADHD. Once he felt that he was better, he stopped going his

junior year and continued to do things that made him feel better about himself. The client later

went back to counseling his first semester of college with his girlfriend at the time of 1 year.
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They attended counseling together because they were having relationship issues, as well as

personal issues and trouble communicating them with one another. This relationship lasted for a

total of 4 years, until Scott said he had to end it “because it was what was best for her at the

time.” This relationship was a significant part in the client’s growth as a person overall and he

had found self-worth from it, yet he stated how his girlfriend was not growing and instead just

became comfortable in the relationship and stopped applying herself. He stated how the break up

itself “was one of the hardest things he has ever had to do.” Scott mentioned how he later went

back that same school year but this time by himself because he felt that he was “very apathetic”

and needed guidance. Currently, Scott is going to Northern Tier Counseling Center for his

anxiety and learning how to properly manage that. He stated how even in high school he was

unable to talk to most people because he felt that he was judged and that he was never good

socially with others. The client also stated how he felt that he had too much anxiety that he didn’t

know what to do with it all and would often be too tired to do anything. Scott said that his

anxiety is not where he would like it to be and will continue to try and work on better managing

his stress.

Educational & Job History

As mentioned previously, Scott grew up locally in the Mansfield area. When asked about where

he grew up and went to school, he replied with “I’ve been here for f*ckin’ ever man” to

emphasize how he has been in this area for too long. He went to high school in Mansfield before

it was combined with a local school in Blossburg and became North Penn. He Graduated high

school with average grades and knew that he would be attending Mansfield University. Scott

started out with a major in English studies, but then changed it to Psychology counseling his

Junior year. Scott said that because of switching his major so late, he will be attending an extra
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year to complete his new major and finish with a minor in English. He is currently in his fourth

year of college as a full-time commuter student. Scott mentioned his plans after college which

include him traveling and going to some places like Germany, Japan, or Canada. He wants to be

counselor somewhere because he “always felt that he was never listened to since a young age

and wants to change that for others.” Scott has done the same job for 5 or so years for his church

and neighboring houses. He tends to the lawn and mows in the summer. This job is enough for

Scott to make a little extra cash and he stated he is content with that.

Test Results

Scott was given a numerous amount of tests to take in order to do an accurate assessment

of him and his anxiety. The tests ranged from the Myers Briggs and the Big Five Personality

Test, to the WAIS- digit span subtest and the Wide Range Achievement Test-4 (WRAT).

The client took many IQ tests such as the Emotional IQ test, the SILS test which tested

him in his verbal and reasoning intelligence, and an online IQ test. All of his results came back

and appeared to be valid. He scored average overall on his SILS test and the converted score

turned out to be 116.5 for his IQ. The online IQ test was not far off from this result, which he got

a raw score of 127. His Emotional IQ score he got a raw score of 100 which is lower than his

other two scores. Within each subtest of the WRAT test, Scott did well on. He scored perfect on

the sentence completion part, a converted score of 48 on the spelling, and a raw score of 34 out

of 40 in the math section. Overall, these test scores reflect on Scott’s level of intelligence, which

is average and not affecting his anxiety in any way.

The next set of tests that the client took were different types of personality tests. He took

Stress and Procrastination tests, as well as the Myers Briggs and the Big Five Personality Test.

Scott scored in the range of moderate and high on the stress and procrastination tests. These
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scores were expected to be higher than normal, being that he came in to be assessed for anxiety.

The Myers Briggs results were scattered, and he took it multiple times, each time getting

different results. He felt that INTP best fit him even though the test itself may not have provided

valid results.

The Big Five Personality test assessed Scott on multiple different factors that effect his

personality. The Test assesses his levels of openness, conscientiousness, extraversion,

agreeableness, and neuroticism. Within each of those five, there are subdivisions that go deeper

into his results. Within the extraversion section, Scott scored lower than average on

gregariousness. It says within the test results that low scorers tend to feel overwhelmed in large

group settings, so they stay away from crowds. The clients result on this provides a clearer

understanding and supports that his anxiety comes from being around others. The client’s level

of assertiveness is a reflection on how he used to feel about himself. It is lower than average

which means Scott struggles with taking charge and tends to follow the group. Under the

agreeableness section, Scott scored higher than average in morality which shows that he is an

easy person to relate to and tend to be frank and sincere. Under the conscientiousness section,

Scott scored exceptionally low in self-efficacy. This relates back to how Scott said he used to

feel about himself. His results show that this still should be something that is addressed. It states

in the test results that low scorers tend to not feel effective and not in control of their lives. Under

neuroticism, the client scored low in everything. His anger was significantly low, which is good

considering his past history with anger. Although, his self-consciousness is low and should be

brought back to his attention. This could be leading into his anxiety and why he feels

uncomfortable around others, because the client feels uncomfortable with himself based on these

scores. The client scored very high in the section pertaining to openness, especially under
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liberalism and artistic Interests. These reflect the client’s interests that he expressed early on but

were later shut down by his father’s lack of support.

Conclusion Summary

Scott is a 22-year-old male who has come to the counseling center requesting help for his

anxiety. He is an average intelligence college student studying to be a counselor with a minor in

English. He had past records with anger issues which do not seem to be evident anymore. Still

seems to struggle with the idea that he used to be compared to his twin brother and this has

hindered his ability to find his own sense of self-worth, or identity. Scott struggled with not

being able to build a solid relationship with his father and meeting the expectations of others.

Recommendations

1. Continue to see counselor about anxiety and learn the root cause of it.

2. Revisit with counselor how the client used to feel about himself as a result of being

compared to his twin constantly. He seems to be holding on, affecting view of himself.

3. Have client try to do the activities he used to do, in order to help him shift his anxiety into

something else that burns it off or aid in lessening it.

4. Possibly have client address the discord he feels between him and his father. Try to

strengthen that relationship or build more to it.

5. After client graduates, it is highly recommended that he goes and travels and finds a job

that is outside of this area or comfort zone. This will help client truly find his sense of

self and be able to shape himself into an individual.

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Rochelle Myers