Tag: writing

  • When English Isn’t Your First Language: Proofreading for Clarity and Confidence

    When English Isn’t Your First Language: Proofreading for Clarity and Confidence

    In psychological and rehabilitation assessments, the written report is more than just a record — it’s a legal and professional document that must be crystal-clear for readers. For psychologists and rehabilitation professionals whose first language isn’t English, even excellent clinical insights can sometimes be overshadowed by small errors in grammar, punctuation, or usage. Over the…

  • The Art of the File Review: Selecting What Matters Most

    The Art of the File Review: Selecting What Matters Most

    In a psychological assessment, the file review section serves as the backbone for understanding a client’s history. It provides the context for all other findings—yet it’s surprisingly easy for this section to become bloated, repetitive, or even misleading. After more than 30 years of conducting file reviews, I’ve learned that the key is not to…

  • From Notes to Narrative: How Report Writers Bridge the Clinical Communication Gap

    From Notes to Narrative: How Report Writers Bridge the Clinical Communication Gap

    In a field where time is scarce and precision matters, translating clinical impressions into structured, polished reports can feel like its own kind of specialty. That’s where experienced report writers come in—not just to clean up grammar or format the page, but to act as a vital bridge between the clinical process and the formal…

  • How Automation Saves Time in Psychological Report Writing (Without Sacrificing Accuracy)

    In a world where clinical professionals are expected to juggle patient care, documentation, and deadlines—often all in one afternoon—it’s no wonder that report writing can feel like a bottleneck. And while automation has become a buzzword in almost every industry, many psychologists and vocational assessors aren’t sure how (or whether) it applies to their work.…

  • What I’ve Learned from Writing 3,000+ Psychological Reports

    What I’ve Learned from Writing 3,000+ Psychological Reports

    Over the past 25 years, I’ve written thousands of psychological assessment reports—most of them related to motor vehicle accident (MVA) claims, vocational evaluations, and insurer’s medical examinations (IMEs). I’ve worked behind the scenes with psychologists, rehabilitation professionals, and clinic teams, helping them translate complex clinical data into clear, professional documents. Here’s what I’ve learned—not just…