Violence Risk Assessment

Are you in need of a violence risk assessment for a job or program that you are completing? Have you been referred to us to undergo a violence risk assessment or are you looking for a provider in the Tallahassee area that can conduct these types of assessments?

At Thoughtwise, our team of specialists includes master level providers, psychologists, and qualified clinicians that can conduct many types of examinations, psychological tests, and violence risk assessments. These types of assessments are required to be conducted by one of these expert level professionals.

We hold ourselves to our reputation of being expert professionals and the go-to for many types of assessments including violence risk assessments.

What is the purpose of a violence risk assessment?

The purpose of these kinds of assessments is to measure and evaluate your personality characteristics, your history, and your current predisposition to violent behavior or acts. These assessments are conducted in many forms.

These assessments are generally conducted to allow you and others to receive recommendations intended for the best overall outcome. Sometimes these assessments are conducted to assess your eligibility or fitness for certain placements, jobs, careers, or positions.

Sometimes at the conclusions of these types of assessments, interventions are recommended that may include:

• Treatment interventions.
• Treatment goals.
• Recommendations for or against certain positions.
• Follow up evaluations.
• Recommendations for placement.
• Forensic purposes.
• Legal purposes.

What does a violence risk assessment measure?

These types of assessments take a reliable measure on such things as your:

• Psychology.
• Available social support.
• History.
• Family engagement.
• Behavior.
• Mental health and overall health.
• Sometimes are used to measure if treatments have been effective for you.
• Any needs that you may have for treatment and intervention.

What does it take to undergo a violence risk assessment?

These assessments typically ask that you fulfill an assessment in which requires you to fill in bubbles or fulfill a checklist that most accurately describes you and your situation.

Violence risk assessments sometimes require you to take the test while also talking with a provider, a psychologist, or a counselor to complete the assessment process. These approaches assure that the test results are accurately interpreted, and that you agree with what was measured in the written test.

What can Thoughtwise do for me?

These types of assessments are important for you and your future. If you are in need of a violence risk assessments, a psychological assessment, or any other behavioral or cognitive assessment for legal purposes, employment purposes, or forensic purposes, please contact us.

The benefit of seeing us at Thoughtwise, is that we can conduct all of the psychological or behavioral assessments that you need, we can provide the recommendations of experts, and we can offer treatments and interventions in which may be needed. All of these services are done confidentiality and with experts that understand your needs.

Thoughtwise can provide these types of assessments by request and by appointment.