Dr. Tehmina Jabeen (Ph.

D)
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST Date:16-03.21
INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, UoK

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT REPORT

Name: Master Essa

Date of Birth: Sep 29’ 2016
Age: 4 Years, 4 months
Dates of Assessment: Feb 9, 10, 11, & 12’ 2021
Examiner: Dr. Tehmina Jabeen
Date of Report: 16th Feb’ 2021

Identifying Information:
Master Essa, 4 years and 4 months old boy is last born and has two siblings. His parents
have been separated and he is currently living with his paternal grandparents. He belongs to
Muslim, middle socio-economic status family and resides in Karachi.

Referral Source and Presenting Complaints:

Essa accompanied his school teacher for the purpose of psychological assessment and
behavior therapy. His presenting complaints include: fearfulness, excessive crying and feeling of
insecurity, irritability, low self image, and low social skills.

Tests Administered:
 Draw a Person----------------------------------------------------------(DAP)
 Human Figure Drawing-----------------------------------------------(HFD)
 Children Apperception Test-------------------------------------------(CAT)
 Informal assessment

Behavior during Assessment Sessions:

Essa arrived for assessment procedure with his teacher. He looked pale and underweight
and was dressed casually. Essa appeared to be anxious and constantly fidgeting in initial session.
He felt worried and kept on asking to go home to his grandmother. After a couple of sessions he
became much more relaxed and cooperated well, he was quite expressive and shared his interest
openly. During administration of the tests he appeared restless but motivated, he understood and
followed the instructions adequately and gave full effort on tasks given and completed them on
time.

N/8, P.E.C.H.S, Block- 6, Near Faran Hotel, Shahrah-e- Faisal,

Karachi, Pakistan
Ph. 03059528678, / 03338243634
E mail: Jabeentehmina14@gmail.com
Dr. Tehmina Jabeen (Ph. D)
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST Date:16-03.21
INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, UoK

Psychological Evaluation:
Essa’s Cognitive and Psychological evaluation depicts the following picture of his
cognitive and overall personality functioning. His mental age obtained from the non verbal
intelligence (one aspect of intelligence) test is equivalent to a child of 7 years and 6 years
depicting a higher cognitive functioning. Essa’s Projective analyses reveals that he seems to have
a regressed personality functioning. His anxieties may appear to link with his inadequate self
image, fear of harm and sense of insecurity as well as lack of support from the environment. The
analysis also indicates that Essa appear to have weak control over his impulses which is why he
has difficulty managing his anxieties leading him towards acting out behavior. Projective
analysis further indicates deep sense of insecurity and helplessness which make him vulnerable
towards harming self or others around.
Suggestions & Recommendations:
On the basis of evaluation and informal assessment, following recommendations are
made for Essa:
 Behavioral Therapy is recommended to deal with the behavioral
difficulties and for gradual shaping of his behavior towards adaptive and age
appropriate ones.
 Parental guidance and counseling is recommended for dealing with the
child adequately.
 Essa’s self esteem can be boosted to enhance his self concept through
frequent encouragement and praise and by adopting a consistent pattern of disciplining.
 Work on improving parent child relationship in order to foster positive
emotional expression and reduce maladaptive behavior.
 The provision of supportive and facilitative environment would be
beneficial to capitalize his strengths and help him to develop his interest in different
constructive activities.
 Reexamination is recommended (following behavior therapy) after a
year to gauge Essa’s progress.

Examiner:

________________
Tehmina Jabeen
(Clinical Psychologist)

N/8, P.E.C.H.S, Block- 6, Near Faran Hotel, Shahrah-e- Faisal,

Karachi, Pakistan
Ph. 03059528678, / 03338243634
E mail: Jabeentehmina14@gmail.com