Maureen Werrbach

It has long been presumed that clinical assessments are performed by psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers, and that it is not within a counselor’s realm to provide them. Although this presumption has become less universal in recent years, we still do not see many counselors providing clinical mental health assessments. Maybe it is because counselors do not know they can work in that environment or it may be because many counselors feel that they should be doing therapy. My aim is to offer information about clinical assessments in the hospital setting from the perspective of a fellow counselor.