where to take the mmpi test?

has anyone ever heard of the mmpi personality test? my therapist told me to google it online to take it for free and print it out to bring it to her so we can go over it. i have been searching online there are sources claiming you have to pay for it, others say there is a pass code to go on somewhere to take it, or take it in the psychiatrist office.

i heard its a very long test and i cant take it in her office not enough time. i was just wondering though if anyone has a link to it please send it to me

You won't find it online. This honestly needs to be given by a psychologists who is very trained and familiar with it so that it can be interpretted and explained to you thoroughly. If your therapist is not really trained to read, interpret, and communicate the results to you, honestly he/she shouldn't be dabbling with it. I can see how it could be misunderstood or misread or misinterpretted easily by someone who really doesn't know the test well.

I've taken it a couple of times over the years, and more recently my son took it. Each time the psychologist sat down and went over all of the results in great detail. Personally, I'd recommend paying a trained psychologist to give and interpret the results for you. It takes in the neighborhood of an hour or so to take the test, then then my psychologist met with us a week later, after he'd had time to score it and look at the results. The cost was about $150 and was covered by insurance in our case.

Oh, and you don't really have to take it all in one sitting, so if you don't finish in a certain amount of time, you can finish it at another time. It isn't time-contingent. It's just long, boring, and highly repetitive. Just takes the time to sit and answer the around 400-ish questions (can't remember the exact number, not that it really matters; it's a lot). Seems like it took me around an hour. I think my son took about the same. These aren't questions you really have to spend much time dwelling on or anything.

like I stated in this other thread of yours with this same topic /issue

http://forums.psychcentral.com/showthread.php?t=249292

there is no present up to date versions of the mmpi online. and you must know which version of the mmpi your therapist wants you to take.

if this test is being used as a lets get to know you and what you need to work on in therapy type things all you have to do is tell your therapist you are concerned about how long it will take you. since its not for diagnostic purposes you dont have to sit there and take it all at once. you do as much as you what when you want or even take it home with you and bring it back to her.

if its for diagnostics, Im sorry but for diagnosing mental disorders taking the mmpi alone will not tell you and your therapist what mental disorders there are..

example of the present ACS4EDI version (there are many different mmpi teststhat are given depending upon your age and what is being looked for, this version is given to adults)

I like peanutbutter better than you like spinach check off your answer yes, no never always sometimes.

I like dancing more than I like playing the drums mark your answer

I sometimes think about death (mark your answer)

I like peanuts more than green vegetables (mark your answer)

I sometimes think about harming myself (mark your answer)

I like painting more than I like going to a bar (mark your answer)

I sometimes think people dont like me (mark your answer)

I sometimes hear voices (mark your answer)

I sometimes think people are watching me (mark your answer)

now lets annalyze this yes I like peanut butter then vegetables /spinach (so do millions of normal people in the world) I sometimes think about death and suicide, (so do millions of normal people in the world)...

every one of the questions on the mmpi are like this and taken by itself just tells you and the treatment provider your likes and you may be completely normal and just like millions of other normal people in the world.

taken alone the mmpi does not diagnose or tell someone what their mental disorders are. its just like taking the tests that are here on psych central.. it doesnt give you any real answers it just tell you how you are and what you like and dont like at the moment you are answering the questions..

for diagnostic purposes in americal the only way to find out what mental disorders you really have is by going to a mental health provider that has been trained to give the diagnostic testing process and going through the whole process..

which here in NY is going to a psychiatrist, talking with that psychiatrist. the psychiatrist asks you questions and gives no less then three kinds of tests, only one is the MMPI, another one like the mmpi and an oral test, along with an IQ test. they also observe you during the testing procedure to verify you are not thinking in depth about the answers, you are answering them off the top of your head, and dont appear to have memorized your answers.

your therapist can refer you to a psychiatrist that can administer the MMPI for diagnostic purposes and she can give you the mmpi to take home of during your therapy sessions for non diagnostic purposes.

well, let's see. if she said take the test and bring it so she can go over it, sounds like she knows how to read and interpret it. i do know if she couldn't do it, she would let me know and told me to have a psychiatrist to give me the test. however, she did tell me that you can take it online for free but like you said not free.....

she wants to use it to identify my personality/strengths. i have taken numerous assessments and don't know what i am suppose to gain from it or what i can use to take it from to incorporate it at a job. that is why she wants me to take this test...

theres nothing a test can tell you about incorporating what you know into your job.

its not a job assessment test with an employer looking for a receptionist that can type 80 words a minute and knows how to input information into a computer kind of test.

the mmpi is just apiece of paper with average, normal questions and a spot to mark your answer.

for what you and your therapist want it for, you can do that during your therapy sessions or take it home with you. for that matter the therapist can ask you the questions verbally and you answer.

the MMPI by itself is no biggie to do and takes only the amount of time for you to mark yes no maybe sometimes and never next to the questions or answer your therapist verbally. I like doing it verbally with my therapist because she asks me a question I answer and most times we spend time talking about my answer and why I answered that way and leads us into the most interesting therapy sessions. my therapist learns more about who I am and what kind of personality I have just by asking me the questions.

the bottom line is the the only way you are going to get the present copy of the correct version that your therapist wants you to take is by your therapist giving it to you. there are no up to date, present day and free versions online

there are lots of treatment provider sites where therapists can download a copy or buy in bulk at discounts..

ok, just telling ya what she told/wanted me to do. well, she told she has had patients go take it online and print it out. she just wanted it figure out more about me, my personality, and where i will fit in a job plus she said you don't have an identity which i don't. everything we talk about my childhood issues up to now with abuse i have no identity.

i do agree a test is not gonna tell you much which is why i do not like taking career assessments. whatever she tells me to do, i do take it home with me. she told me with the career thing to "volunteer" so i can get some gratification and access my parasympathetic side instead of my sympathetic side meaning my fight or flight zone.

i told her yea that parasympathetic is accessed once in a while. i feel "gratitfication" can come later once i get a job somewhere and be paid, then let things fall into place then i can have gratification. i dont know, but that is how i feel. i'm a college grad from 2 yrs my field has outsourced jobs with no certification too costly.

right now, i am journaling things of my expectations and what i expect from others. she (therapist) is going deeper and deeper within me about my attitude, parents, relationships, etc things that i lacked growing up. there is a lot of deep rooted issues within me that we are still tackling.

i talked to a career coach not what i was expecting. i mean, i have no idea what i wanna do for a job since i already have a degree and was working towards another one i owe the school money. since i am talking to her about my personal issues and my job issues, that is why she wanted me to take the mmpi test.

she does ask me a lot of questions to learn more. on tuesday afternoon, we are gonna talk about goal settings, low self esteem, and realistic/unrealistic expectations i have.

went to my session today. my therapist found the site meyer briggs to take the mmpi test and like you said wouldn't be able to take the full test just partial and would have to pay for it myself to take the full time. she left me the voicemail about it on my phone today

thanks for both posts updating us on whats going on. I know its frustrating having a degree and not knowing what you want to do, if its any consolation its not you and not just you that this is happening to. here in the USA we are in what is called a recession. part of that is too many people and not enough jobs due to companies goes bankrupt and trying to stay afloat with the least amount of people doing the jobs, and also because of the type of technological age the USA is in.

for example many thousands of thousands of people are now out of jobs, going back to school getting degrees and trying to decide what they want to do because their jobs at a paper mill is now obsolete (no longer needed ) because fewer and fewer paper products are needed. we dont use so much paper products here in the USA as we used to because everything has gone computerized with lap tops, desk computers, tablets/computer type notebooks and now even the paper book market is suffering because we now have kindle and downloading books on computer instead of going out and buying a paper type book.

there are so many people out of work fighting for the same jobs so one out of a thousand might get that job inputting information in a computer or one in a thousand may get that factory job of making computer parts.

so its not just you and its nothing that you are doing wrong. its just very hard to get a job now with so many people out of work due to their old jobs are no longer needed.

suggestion dont worry about that degree, think about the things you like to do and then look for work in that area...example if you like being around children look for a job in day care, nursery schools, elementary schools and other schools. there are lots of jobs in schools that dont need a degree to do, you just need to pass a background check to make sure you are not some criminial. to be a school custodian, or aid.. theres also fast food chains...

I know these lower level type jobs are not what you or others may be looking for but they have three positive things they will never be obsolete there will always be a need for school aids and school custodians/janitors, people to work in the fast food chains, and lower level jobs will have less people competing for those jobs, a steady pay check and it gives a person plenty of time to decide what they want to do with their life, get training in what they want to do.

if lover level jobs isnt your thing to start out with make what ever you like to do into a business. someone I know someone who a yr ago got laid off from her job as a secretary was obsolete in a car rental company that went bankrupt last yr. she loves to make hand made clothing decorations and such, so she started her business out of her living room then branched out, now a yr later she has her own sewing shop where she sells hand made blankets/ quits, clothing, towels, holiday ornaments, ....

I know its hard being out of work and you are not alone and its not just you...

i dont have money for a business and wouldn't know what to do. what i like to do? good question lol. recession, well, i call it a depression in america because it is not really going anywhere right now. someone i met through my bf feels i'd be good at being a distributor. well, i dont have sales experience and i still have issues speaking confidently and without fear.

i am still talking and going through this issue day to day and still talking to my therapist about it. i did an exercise in her office and have to do them outside too and she found out more deep rooted issues about myself. i told her if my interpersonal skills were up to par like it was when i was a kid, i wouldn't have a problem selling or doing anything that involves with speaking to a lot of people daily.

i said right now, how do u do that when you were lied to about life and sheltered as a kid? i told her very hard to have a sound mind. we do talk about jobs issues. i am gonna contact the woman that my bf knows about the distributor. the prob i hate with those is where am i gonna get x amount of dollars to do it? distributor is the same thing as a consultant, it takes money to start/run your own business and keep getting customer/clients.

well, i honestly do not know what i want to do. i wrote things for my therapy session that i strived to be but it didn't happen it seems to be fairytale is what i told her although it may not be. lower level jobs have a high volume of resumes coming in so it is not easy trying to get a low paying job. i have applied to them never heard from them or did hear from them, all they wanted to do is ask me questions on the phone but felt i wasnt good for them.

i told my therapist with the way things are, how do i make things happen with no money? i am still borrowing money that i do not have and can not pay back! how do u pay the way to anything when there are no resources and everything here in AZ is for single mothers or low income families not for someone with no kids?

i said to her what paving the way? still very hard to get a job anywhere it is low paying or decent pay. experience is and still working against me