Explore Eckert Centre Psychological Assessments
When something doesn’t quite make sense—for you or your child—how an assessment is done matters.
At Eckert Centre, our Beyond Scores™ psychological assessments are guided by senior-level clinical thinking and careful integration. This means assessments are not rushed or transactional—they are designed to build real understanding and support wise, well-informed next steps.
This page is for you if:
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You are choosing an assessment provider carefully and want to get it right
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You want more than test results—you want an explanation that actually makes sense
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You value thoughtful, in-depth care over speed or shortcuts
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You want recommendations that are clear, realistic, and useful beyond the report
Many people arrive here knowing an assessment is needed, but unsure what quality really looks like. You don’t need to have all the answers yet—we’re here to help you understand your options and what a careful assessment process involves.
Not sure which assessment fits your concerns, or whether this level of assessment is the right fit for you? We’ll help you think it through thoughtfully.
When You’re Looking for Answers—and Want to Get It Right
People seek psychological assessments because something doesn’t quite make sense.
What most people are deciding at this point is where to have the assessment done—and how carefully it will be approached.
You may be seeking assessment because:
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A child is struggling at school despite strong effort
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An adult feels overwhelmed, stuck, or misunderstood
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Previous explanations felt incomplete or didn’t fully fit
At this stage, the concern is rarely about testing itself. It’s about whether the assessment will bring real clarity, guide wise next steps, and stand up over time.
Assessment conclusions can influence education planning, treatment decisions, self-understanding, and long-term supports. This is not a decision most people want to rush—or get wrong.
At Eckert Centre, we understand what is at stake. That’s why our assessment process is designed to slow things down, ask better questions, and arrive at conclusions that are thoughtful, accurate, and genuinely useful.
If you want an assessment that helps you make confident decisions—not just receive information—how the work is done matters.
We Don’t Just Administer Tests. We Do the Thinking.
Many assessment clinics use similar testing tools. What differs—and what matters most—is the quality of the clinical thinking behind them.
At Eckert Centre, Beyond Scores™ psychological assessments are led by Senior Psychologists and guided by careful clinical reasoning, not checklists or assumptions.
Beyond Scores™ is our proprietary assessment approach, and senior psychologist leadership is built into every assessment we deliver. We begin with curiosity rather than a predetermined conclusion, allowing understanding to emerge through thoughtful inquiry and integration.
This approach means our assessment leaders are able to:
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Ask better questions at the outset
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Hold multiple possibilities at the same time
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Distinguish overlapping concerns (such as ADHD, anxiety, trauma, or learning differences)
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Revise hypotheses as new information emerges
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Avoid premature or overly narrow conclusions
Across every assessment, we use a dynamic, hypothesis-testing lens to understand why results look the way they do—not just what the scores are.
Two people can earn the same score for very different reasons—and those differences matter when deciding what support will actually help.
Rather than asking only “What is the score?”, this way of thinking allows us to explore:
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What may be limiting access to skills in the moment?
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What happens when structure, prompting, or scaffolding is introduced?
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Which supports meaningfully shift performance—and which do not?
By observing how performance changes when the right supports are in place, we can tell whether someone needs to build a skill or needs the right conditions to show what they’re capable of—and better understand what helps them learn, feel calm and settled enough to cope, and function well in everyday life.
The value of an assessment is not the score itself—it is what those results are made to mean in the context of a real person’s life, and how they inform supports that actually help.
This is why our assessments feel different—and why they are designed to reduce the risk of getting it wrong.
Beyond Scores™: How We Understand the Whole Person
Beyond Scores™ is not a philosophy layered onto assessment—it is how assessment is done at Eckert Centre.
Our Beyond Scores™ approach is built on the Eckert Centre Well-Being Model™, a shared framework our clinic uses to understand people across assessments, counselling, and learning supports. This model guides how we interpret results so individuals are not reduced to scores, symptoms, or labels.
Because we work from a clear model of well-being, we are able to look beyond performance and ask more important questions:
- What is supporting this person?
- What is getting in the way?
- What helps them function at their best across real life?
This matters because assessments shape how people see themselves—and how others respond to them. When interpretation lacks a guiding model, conclusions can feel confusing, overly narrow, or quietly harmful.
Beyond Scores™ assessments are designed to do the opposite. They are meant to protect dignity, affirm capability, and help individuals and families make sense of their experiences in a way that feels accurate, respectful, and usable.
When assessment is guided by a well-developed model of well-being, people are more likely to leave with clarity about what is happening, connection to themselves and others, a coherent understanding that holds across environments, and the confidence to move forward with support.
That is the difference a strong model—and experienced clinical thinking—makes.
How We Understand the Whole Person: The “Ings” of Well-Being
The “Ings” of well-being are how we describe the Eckert Centre Well-Being Model™ in clear, everyday language.
At Eckert Centre, assessment is about understanding how a person is actually living and functioning—not just what shows up on tests. We look at how different parts of a person’s life interact, especially when things feel hard, overwhelming, or confusing.
These key areas of well-being are always considered together:
Thinking
How someone understands information, makes sense of situations, and approaches problem-solving.
Learning
How new information is taken in and used at school, work, or in daily tasks.
Regulating
How a person copes with stress, manages emotions, and returns to a calm, steady state.
Relating
How someone connects with others, experiences relationships, and feels with or around people.
Functioning
How strengths and challenges show up day to day at home, school, work, and in responsibilities.
Meaning-Making
How identity, beliefs, values, and self-understanding shape reactions, confidence, and choices.
Looking at these areas together helps us understand not just what is happening, but why certain patterns show up—and what kinds of support are most likely to make life feel more manageable and workable.
From the “Ings” to the Four Cs
At Eckert Centre, we don’t approach assessment case by case or clinician by clinician. Our work is guided by a shared, well-developed framework—the Eckert Centre Well-Being Model™—which shapes how we understand people and make clinical decisions across all services.
Our Beyond Scores™ assessment approach is how this model is applied in practice. It reflects how our clinic thinks as a team, not just how one test or one appointment is interpreted. This consistency allows assessment conclusions to hold up across real life, not just on paper.
When the key “ings” of well-being are understood and supported together, assessment moves beyond explanation and begins to change experience. This is where the Four Cs emerge.
The Four Cs describe what clients are able to experience after a thoughtful, well-integrated assessment guided by our model. They are not personality traits or expectations. They are outcomes that develop when understanding, support, and direction are in place.
Clarity
A clear, compassionate understanding of what is happening—and why.
Individuals and families gain an explanation that makes sense of patterns, reactions, and limits without shame or self-blame. Confusion is replaced with understanding that feels accurate, respectful, and grounded.
Connection
Feeling understood, supported, and safe in relationship.
Assessment findings are shared in ways that support trust and emotional safety. Individuals feel understood rather than judged, and families feel supported rather than blamed.
Coherence
A consistent understanding that makes sense across environments.
When thinking, learning, emotions, relationships, and daily functioning are considered together—across home, school, work, and other important settings—the picture becomes clearer. What once felt contradictory or fragmented begins to align, making everyday life easier to navigate.
Courage
The ability to stay engaged, try, and move forward—even when things are hard.
When people understand what is happening and have the right supports in place across their environments, effort becomes possible. Courage is not pushed or demanded; it emerges because life feels more manageable and predictable.
When assessment is guided by the Eckert Centre Well-Being Model™, clarity replaces confusion, connection supports safety, coherence organizes experience across environments, and courage becomes possible.
This is what sustainable, ethical, assessment-informed care looks like—and it is the foundation of everything we do at Eckert Centre.
Assessments That Create a Way Forward
At Eckert Centre, assessments are designed to be turning points, not endpoints.
Our assessments are guided by the Eckert Centre Well-Being Model™, and our Beyond Scores™ approach is how that model is applied in practice. Together, they ensure results are interpreted with depth and care—and connected directly to real-life support, not just summarized in a report.
Rather than simply describing what is happening, Beyond Scores™ assessments help clarify why certain patterns exist and what is most likely to help moving forward.
When assessment is grounded in a clear model of well-being and senior clinical reasoning, it reduces guesswork, prevents unnecessary detours, and supports better, more confident decisions.
Clients leave the assessment process with:
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A clear, integrated explanation of why patterns are showing up
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Strengths identified as carefully and clearly as challenges
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Practical, prioritized recommendations that make sense in real life
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A roadmap that supports therapy, learning, accommodations, and next steps over time
Because Eckert Centre also provides counselling and learning supports, recommendations are grounded in what is clinically realistic and effective—not generic or theoretical.
This integration helps ensure assessment insights lead to meaningful change, rather than becoming a report that sits on a shelf.
Explore the Type of Assessment That Fits Your Concerns
Different assessments are designed to answer different questions.
Different assessments are designed to answer different questions.
Some focus on attention, learning, or development. Others help clarify emotional, relational, or functional concerns. Choosing the right type of assessment matters—because it shapes both the conclusions and the recommendations that follow.
Below, you can explore the most common types of assessments we offer. Each page explains who the assessment is for, what it is designed to clarify, and how our Beyond Scores™ approach is applied within that area.
If you’re unsure which assessment fits best, you don’t have to figure that out on your own. We’re happy to help you think it through during a free consultation.
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Why Our Assessments Cost More
The fees for our assessments reflect the senior-level clinical thinking, the Eckert Centre Well-Being Model™ that guides our care, and our Beyond Scores™ approach to interpreting results—all working together to support clear, meaningful outcomes.
High-quality psychological assessments require more than administering tests. They require time, experience, and careful integration—because when the answers matter, the thinking behind them matters just as much.
At Eckert Centre, our fees reflect:
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Senior psychologist leadership throughout the assessment process, ensuring decisions are guided by experience rather than algorithms or checklists
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Our Beyond Scores™ approach, which focuses on understanding why results look the way they do—not just reporting what the scores say
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Integration through the Eckert Centre Well-Being Model™, so findings make sense within the context of a real person’s life
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Thoughtful feedback and recommendations designed to support clarity, coherence, and sound decision-making over time
We choose to work this way because assessment conclusions carry real weight. They can shape education planning, therapeutic direction, self-understanding, family dynamics, and long-term supports.
For many clients, the greater cost is not paying more upfront—it is paying less for an assessment that lacks depth, misses key contributors, or fails to provide a clear and trustworthy path forward.
Our goal is to provide assessments that restore clarity, support connection, create coherence, and allow courage to emerge—so decisions can be made with confidence and care.
That level of work cannot be rushed.
And it cannot be done cheaply.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Psychologists with 5+ years of experience and advanced specialties: $260/hour
- Provisional Registered Psychologists and Registered Psychologists with under 5 years of experience and advanced specialities: $245/hour
- Certified Canadian Counsellors: $210/hour
Most insurance providers cover the services of registered psychologists and certified counsellors. We direct bill with the following approved providers:
With an approved provider:
- NIHB
- Calgary Police Services (CPS) & Greenshield for CPS families
- Unify
- Breaking Free Foundation (BFF)
For other insurance providers, we charge the credit card on file and send a receipt to your email. Upload this receipt to your insurance providers website or app for easy reimbursement.
We require at least two business days notice for cancellations. This allows us to manage our schedule effectively and provide the best possible service to all clients.
Online: Use our convenient online booking portal: https://eckertpsychology.janeapp.com/Phone or Email: Call our reception team at 403-230-2959 or email Stephanie, our Administrative Assistant, at info@eckert-psychology.com. Stephanie will assist you with scheduling by phone or email.
For child counselling, the first appointment (“New Client: Child/Teen Counselling”) is for parents only. Please do not bring your child to this session. This session is designed for open discussions about your concerns without the child present.
Ideally, both parents should attend to provide input, but if only one parent can attend, that’s fine.
If there is no court order granting sole custody or decision-making rights, our professional guidelines require consent from both parents before starting therapy for a child. Both parents must also provide consent if a step-parent will be involved in the therapeutic process.
If two intake sessions are needed, the attending parent will be billed for their session. We will work with both parents to determine and document who will be billed for the child’s ongoing sessions.
No, our services are therapeutic and do not include assessments or interventions related to family law, as outlined in PN7 or PN8. For more information, visit:PN7 InformationPN8 Information
The number of sessions depends on your therapy goals. During your first appointment, your counsellor will discuss your needs, budget, and goals to recommend the appropriate number and frequency of sessions. Some clients may need only a few sessions, while others may benefit from ongoing therapy.
- New Client initial intake session: 90 minutes (75 minutes face-to-face, 15 minutes for your counsellor to review your history form).
- Typical session: 60 minutes (50 minutes face-to-face, 10 minutes for case management).
- Trauma-informed therapy sessions: 90 minutes (75 minutes face-to-face, 15 minutes for your case management).
If you or your child is sick, we recommend switching your in-person session to an online session. Please call us at 403-230-2959 to arrange this. If the illness prevents the session from happening at all, contact us to reschedule.
