--- title: "Self-Assessment Progress Log" canonical: https://scampsychology.org/self-assessment-progress-log/ type: page author: "SCARS Research Team" published: 2026-10-12 modified: 2026-10-12 summary: "" organization: "Official SCARS Institute Journal of Scam Psychology & Recoverology" organization_url: https://scampsychology.org/ llms: https://scampsychology.org/llms.txt --- # Self-Assessment Progress Log # SCARS Institute Private Self-Assessment Log ## Welcome to Your Personal Assessment Log Recovery after a scam rarely moves in a straight line. Some weeks you feel stronger, and some weeks the old pain comes back without warning. When you are in the middle of it, progress is hard to see. Your Progress Log helps you see it. This log is a private place to record the self-assessments you take, along with your scores and your own notes. Over weeks and months, it becomes a record of your journey, written in your own words. You see where you started, what has changed, and what still needs care. Your log belongs to you alone. You open it with a private access code, so no one else is able to see it, and you are able to access it from any device. It is also a valuable tool to share with your therapist or counselor, because it shows how you have been doing between sessions. [Our FREE Self-Assessment Tools are here](https://scampsychology.org/psychology-scam-victim-self-assessment-tests-2024/) ## How to Use Your Progress Log ### Starting Your Log The first time you visit, select **Start my Progress Log** and enter your email address. We ask for your email for one reason only: so we are able to send you your access code if you ever lose it, and send you copies of your log when you ask. Your email address is never shared or used for anything else. When you select **Create my Progress Log**, your access code appears on the screen. It looks like this: PL-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX. We also email it to you, so you have a second copy. ### Keeping Your Access Code Safe Your access code is the key to your log. Anyone who has it is able to open your log, so treat it like a password. A few good ways to keep it safe: - Write it down and keep it somewhere private. - Save it in a password manager, if you use one. - Keep the email we sent you in a folder you are able to find later. Please do not post your code online or share it with anyone you do not fully trust. Anyone who learns your code is able to read your log. ### Adding A Test Select **Add a test** to create a new entry. Each entry has four parts: - **Test name:** the name of the self-assessment. You are free to record any test, whether you took it on ScamPsychology.org or somewhere else. - **Date taken:** today’s date is filled in for you. - **Result or score:** your score, written the way the test showed it, such as 42 out of 100, Moderate. - **Notes and observations:** anything you want to remember about how you felt, what was happening in your life, or what surprised you. Your entries save automatically as you type. Your newest entry always appears at the top. ### Adding Tests You Took Earlier If you have results from tests you took in the past, you are welcome to add them too. Select **Add a test**, then change the date to the day you actually took it. Adding your past results gives you a fuller picture of how far you have come. ### Writing Notes The notes are yours, and there is no right or wrong way to use them. Some people write a single line. Others write about a hard week, a breakthrough in therapy, or a reminder to bring something up with their counselor. Your notes often matter as much as the scores, because they tell the story behind the numbers. ### Opening Your Log Later To come back to your log, select **I have an access code**, enter your code, and select **Open my log**. Capital letters, small letters, and dashes do not matter. Your log opens on any computer, tablet, or phone. If you use your own device and nobody else uses it, you are welcome to check **Remember my code on this device**, so your log opens without the code next time. Please leave that box unchecked on a shared or public computer. ### If You Forget Your Code Select **Forgot my code?**, enter the email address you used when you started your log, and select **Email my access code**. If that address has a log, we send the code to it right away. Check your spam or junk folder if it does not arrive within a few minutes. If you still cannot get in, contact the SCARS Institute, and we will email your code to you. We only ever send it to the email address you used when you started your log. ### Getting A Copy Of Your Log Select **Email me a copy** at any time to send your full log to the email address on file. You are also able to select **Show my copy** to view, download, or copy it. If you would like a copy each time you add a test, check **Email me a copy when I add a new entry**. This setting starts off. Before you turn it on, consider who else is able to see your email. If a family member or someone else shares your inbox or your computer, you are better off keeping this setting off. ### Signing Out When you finish, select **Sign out**, especially on a shared computer. Your entries are already saved, and your log is waiting for you the next time you open it with your code. ### Deleting Your Log If you ever want to remove your log completely, open it and select **Delete my log**. This permanently removes every entry and your email address from our system. Deleting cannot be undone, so download a copy first if you want to keep your records. ### Sharing Your Log With Your Therapist Your Progress Log is a valuable tool for your therapist or counselor. Before a session, select **Show my copy** and download or print your log, or email it to yourself and forward it. Your scores and notes help your therapist see how you have been doing between sessions and where to focus your work together. ### Your Privacy Your entries are stored in encrypted form, which means they are scrambled so that no one is able to read them without your code. Even our staff do not see your entries. Your access code and email address are protected in the same careful way. ### A Gentle Reminder Your scores will rise and fall, and that is a normal part of recovery. A harder week does not erase your progress, and a lower score does not mean you are failing. Recovery is measured by the direction you move over time, not by any single result. Be patient and kind with yourself as you record your journey. If any test or result ever brings up thoughts of ending your life, please reach out right away. In the United States, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, or call your local emergency number wherever you live.