Andrew Jordan Wright
Professional Background
Educational Background
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Columbia University
M.A., Psychology in Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
B.A., Psychology of Creativity, Boston University
Scholarly Interests
Psychological Testing and Assessment; Poverty and Barriers to Employment; Prevention of Mental Illness; Creativity; Hypnosis; School Counseling; Supervision
Published in 2010: Conducting Psychological Assessment: A Guide for Practitioners http://www.amazon.com/Conducting-Psychological-Assessment-Guide-Practitioners/dp/0470536756/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1295451730&sr=8-1#_
Selected Publications
Wright, A. J. (2010). Conducting Psychological Assessment: A Guide for Practitioners. Hoboken , New Jersey
Wright, A. J. & Emmert-Aronson, B. (2008). School Counselor Development Program (SCDP) for the treatment of adolescent depression and suicidality: A pilot study. Journal of School Counseling, 6(23). http://www.jsc.montana.edu/articles/v6n23.pdf
DeRose, L. M., Wright, A. J., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2006). Does Puberty Account for the Gender Differential in Depression? In C.L.M. Keyes & S.H. Goodman (Eds.), Women and depression: A handbook for the social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences (pp. 89-128).
Wright, A. J. (2005). Experiencing Michael: Sullivan’s modes of sentience. Graduate Student Journal of Psychology, 7, 5-9.
Wright, A. J., Nichols, T. R., Graber, J. A., Brooks-Gunn, J., & Botvin, G. J. (2004). It's not what you say, it's how many different ways you can say it: Links between divergent peer resistance skills and delinquency a year later. Journal of Adolescent Health, 35(5), 380-391.
biographical information
A. Jordan Wright, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and full-time faculty member in Clinical Psychology, specializing in psychological testing and assessment. He is also currently the Director of Mental Health for The HOPE Program (www.thehopeprogram.org), a work readiness program in Brooklyn that assists adults with significant barriers to independent living (poverty, homelessness, previous incarceration, drug history, or mental illness) to transition back to self-sufficiency. He is certified in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy by the New York Milton H. Erikson Society for Psychotherapy and Hypnosis (NYSEPH: www.nyseph.org), with whom he serves as a board and faculty member. Having worked in hospital and school settings, Jordan has also specialized in group and family therapy.
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