JOHN W. WIRES, PH.D.

CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST

Dr. Wires offers preschool, child, adolescent, adult and geriatric psychological and neuropsychological testing; child, adolescent and adult psychotherapy; behavioral and cognitive treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders; and emotional and cognitive rehabilitation of central nervous system disorders. He provides cognitive rehabilitation for difficulties including working memory, attention/concentration, and executive skills, through the Cogmed program. He has a special interest in the use of cognitive testing for the early identification of dementia.

Dr. Wires received his Ph.D. degree from the George Mason University. In the course of his graduate training he completed an externship in neuropsychology at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and a pre-doctoral internship program at a treatment center for severely emotionally disturbed children and adolescents. Subsequently, he has held positions as a neuropsychologist at the Learning Services Rehabilitation Center, as a clinical supervisor at the Head Injury Services Project (currently Brain Injury Services), and as a member of the allied staff of Dominion Psychiatric Hospital.

As an adjunct faculty member at the George Mason University, Dr. Wires has taught courses in physiological and clinical psychology. He offers lectures to various groups on topics such as learning disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorder, dementia, and traumatic brain injury. Professional societies of which Dr. Wires is a member include the National Academy of Neuropsychology, International Neuropsychological Society, and the American Psychological Association Division 40.

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