Clinical & Counselling Psychologists: How Confident Are You in Psychological Assessments ?

In my work, I’ve observed a recurring challenge:

Many newly trained psychologists (clinical and counselling) have had very little dedicated training in psychometric assessment.

I’ve seen cases where:

The wrong tests were selected for the referral question / Inapprporiate Norms 

Results were interpreted without sufficient understanding of the tool’s limitations

The assessment process was rushed or incomplete

This isn’t about capability or intelligence it’s about training. Psychometry is a speciality field. It takes at least a year (often more) of focused, practical experience to become truly competent in the full process, from selecting the right battery, to administering correctly, to interpreting results in a culturally and contextually valid way.

Considering that most clinical master’s programs already have an intense, packed curriculum, it’s understandable that psychometric assessment training gets condensed. But that also means there will naturally be gaps in knowledge and practice.

So I’m curious, for clinical psychologists, counselling psychologists, students, and qualified practitioners reading this:

Do you feel confident and competent in administering and interpreting all psychometric assessments you’re expected to use?