Private assessments for adults

Our assessment model is adult-focused, and we can work with people who are 16+.

Our assessments follow the guidance set out by the NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence). There are four parts to an assessment, which are usually done virtually.

What should you expect?

An initial appointment lasting up to 45 minutes where we get to know you and gather some background information around things like education and your mental health, as well as family history. At the end of the first appointment we will make a plan about what needs to happen next.

If we agree that you would benefit from exploring Autism further, we will arrange your second appointment. We will ask you to complete some self-report questionnaires and return these to us. We will also ask you to identify some people in your life who would be willing to complete some informant questionnaires, as well as providing information about your early development. The latter is a crucial part of your assessment as Autism is a lifelong condition. If there is no one to provide this, we can think of ways around this.

In the second appointment, which lasts up to two hours, we will explore the things pertaining to Autism in much more detail and will draw on the things you have already written down for us.

Once the assessment is complete, we will feed back to you the outcome of the assessment.

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There are three outcomes to an assessment:

1. Congratulations, you are autistic!

2. No, you are not autistic and here is why.

3. We are not sure and may need to look at other things to have a better understanding of what is going on for you.

Autistic difficulties

Because both Autism and Neurodiversity are a spectrum, we may conclude that you have “autistic difficulties” rather than that you meet the threshold for a clinical diagnosis:

“Thank you very much for this and your time. It was really helpful and interesting and quite life-changing I think in how I relate to myself.”

a recent comment from one of our clients

What our students say about us  

Highly recommend their services - Tini made me feel at ease the whole way through.
Tini accommodated my needs even before diagnosis.
The assessment was very professional and communication was given at every step.
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