Dr. A. Jordan Wright is a board-certified assessment psychologist and a nationally recognized figure in psychological evaluation. At PPG he serves in an exclusively supervisory and consultative role: he oversees evaluation protocols, consults on complex cases, and supervises the clinical team. His involvement helps ensure that PPG’s psychological and psychoeducational assessments meet high standards of diagnostic accuracy and clinical rigor.
Dr. Wright is a co-author of the Handbook of Psychological Assessment (6th edition, 2016), a standard graduate textbook in the field. He has also written or co-written Conducting Psychological Assessment: A Guide for Practitioners, Essentials of Psychological Assessment Supervision, and Essentials of Psychological Tele-Assessment, along with peer-reviewed articles on the neuropsychological assessment of ADHD and on clinical training.
He is on the faculty of the PhD program in psychology at New York University, where he founded and directs the Center for Counseling and Community Wellbeing. He is a past president of the Assessment Section of the American Psychological Association, a fellow of the Society for Personality Assessment and the American Academy of Assessment Psychology, and a board member of the American Board of Assessment Psychology. He has also published and spoken widely on LGBTQ+ psychology and affirming psychotherapy.
Dr. Wright earned his PhD in Clinical Psychology at Columbia University and a master’s degree in Psychology in Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. His role at PPG is to make sure families receive evaluations that are statistically sound and clinically thoughtful, with clear answers they can act on.