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Understanding the Types of Psychological Evaluations

Not All Evaluations Are the Same: A Guide to Finding the Right Fit

If you’re exploring questions about ADHD, autism, learning differences, or sensory processing, you may be considering a psychological evaluation. But figuring out where to start can be confusing. Should you go through the school? Do you need a neuropsychological evaluation or exam? What about modified assessments that aren’t as intensive or costly?

This post breaks down the five main types of psychological evaluations—school-based, clinical, neuropsychological, modified/adapted, and specialized. Whether you’re pursuing a formal diagnosis, looking for support, or exploring your neurodivergent identity, understanding your options helps you make an informed and empowered choice.

Living the Rebellion

By Dr. Panicha McGuire, LMFT, RPT™

There’s a reason the Star Wars universe resonates so deeply with so many of us especially now.

We are living in a moment where systems of oppression are not just visible; they are emboldened. We are watching as bodily autonomy is stripped away, voting rights are eroded, trans existence is criminalized, and book bans echo the darkness of fascist histories we swore never to repeat. We witness genocide, forced displacement, settler colonialism, and the slow violence of climate catastrophe that is deliberately ignored by those with the power to intervene.

It’s overwhelming and enraging, but it’s not new. This is empire.

Never Colonized, But Never Untouched

By Dr. Panicha McGuire, LMFT, RPT™

When people talk about colonialism in Southeast Asia, they often mention the British in Burma and Malaysia, or the French in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. But Thailand, then known as Siam, is usually held up as the exception: the one country in the region that was never colonized. I used to take pride in that sentence. I still do, in a way. But as I’ve grown personally, professionally, and politically, I’ve started to see the complexity behind it. Because while Thailand was never colonized in the traditional sense, it has never been untouched by the forces of colonialism.

And maybe that’s why I feel so much about it.