Nothing brings a therapist or life coach more fulfillment than to watch a client progress from despair to empowerment. Mental health professionals don't solve people's problems - they give them the tools to become their own confident and knowledgeable problem-solvers. Psychological assessments can be used to offer valuable insight and information, and to quantify the success of an intervention. Psychometric assessments available in ARCH Profile are validated on large samples and go through rigorous validation research, following the APA standards for educational and psychological testing.

The use of psychological assessments allows therapists and life coaches to:

• Clarify a client's diagnosis, identify immediate areas of concern, and prioritize issues to work on
• Use test results to help clients understand, in layman terms, symptoms of disorders and the impact they can have on different life spheres
• Evaluate treatment effectiveness pre- and post-treatment
• Gain insight into issues, fears or concerns that clients may not be comfortable expressing in face-to-face sessions

Through the use of assessments available in ARCH Profile, therapists and life coaches can have access to:

• An easy-to-use interface in which tests can be assigned to multiple people or groups
• Test results that are completely private and scored in real time so that test reports are accessible immediately upon test completion
• An automated scoring system that replaces the need for formal training in how to administer and score an assessment manually, saving time and reducing the chance for computation errors
• Normative statistics gathered from large samples that can be used in comparison to patient scores
• Printer-friendly reports with a practical advice section that patients can take home
• A secure, personal testing account where reports from past and present patients can be saved and easily retrieved at all times

ARCH Profile offers a wide variety of tests to assess issues related to mental health, relationships, and personal development, including:

• DepSyS - Screens for various somatic, cognitive, and emotional depression symptoms.
• AnxSyS - An anxiety symptom screener for issues related to generalized anxiety.
• AMQ - Assesses anger management issues and styles of expression in various scenarios.
• ARS - Determines whether a client could benefit from assertiveness training.
• SWLPS - A specialized and comprehensive psychological screening tool for Bariatric patients.

To ensure satisfaction with the host of psychological assessments offered, the ARCH Profile test development team, led by Ilona Jerabek, Ph.D., is available to answer any questions and address any concerns. Statistical reports are also available upon request.