Dr. wright's bio

Dr. Jennifer Bugg Wright is a seasoned Psychologist, Neuropsychologist, and psychotherapist with nearly 30 years in the field of mental health, and 20 years as a Neuropsychologist and Forensic Expert. She works with a very wide range of clients, addressing challenges induced by major life changes, stress related disorders, depression, trauma, health problems, and neuropsychological disorders. She is licensed in Colorado, Virginia, and Maryland, as well as for telehealth in Florida. She is able to see clients who are located or permanently reside in any of these states.

Dr. Wright fell in love with the fields of psychology and cognition when an undergraduate at CU Boulder. She also received her Master’s Degrees in Psychology from the University of Colorado, focusing on experimental cognitive research. She then worked at the Kennedy Krieger Institute (Johns Hopkins Hospital) in the mid 1990s, as the coordinator for a study of children with head injury, and it was there that she began working with patients and fell in love with clinical care. She returned to Colorado and completed her Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology, with a specialty focus in Neuropsychology and Forensic Trauma, at the University of Denver Graduate School of Professional Psychology, in 2001. She completed her Doctoral Internship at the University of Missouri School of Medicine, at their competitive Psychology Internship Training Consortium, where she did rotations in Health Psychology, Neuropsychology, and Rehabilitation, as well as minor rotations in Stroke and PTSD. She then completed her Post-Doctoral Training at Head Injury Rehab and the Pain Medicine Center in Denver, Colorado, before entering private practice.

Her influences in psychology come from the fields of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology, and are also informed by teachings from Social and Developmental Psychology, as well as Interpersonal Processes, ACT, Self-Psychology, Gestalt Therapy, and DBT. She views psychotherapy as a very specific and interpersonal form of teaching. She uses rapid interventions and brief therapies, using diaphragmatic breathing, muscle relaxation, self-soothing, and mindfulness.  She uses language and a conversational style to help change patterns of thinking that keep you stuck.  She will also help you get a good night’s sleep.

Among her areas of neuropsychological specialization, Dr. Wright's expertise includes Traumatic Brain Injury, Alzheimers and Dementia, Parkinsons, Seizure Disorder, Brain Injury, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Learning Disorder, and Stroke or Vascular Disorder. She believes that thorough assessment is the key to diagnosis and treatment planning, and she provides thorough feedback to all of her clients seeking to understand their cognitive strengths and challenges.

In working with chronic pain patients, Dr. Wright takes a holistic approach centered on the mind-body connection. Her “Pain-Strain-Drain-Brain” treatment model considers internal as well as external and physiological factors and provides clients with the tools necessary to understand how thinking, feeling, external stress, sleep, and lifestyle may impact pain, and medical care.

Dr. Wright is a mother, wife, step-mother, and grandmother of 3. In her spare and creative time, she writes music and fiction, is an actress, and loves the arts and travel.