Dr. Jessica Wolfman McWhorter is a board certified psychologist (ABPP-RP) who specializes in rehabilitation neuropsychology.

She served as the Director of Rehabilitation Neuropsychology Services at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore where she practiced for over a decade. She established the use of targeted evaluations and interventions to address persistent post concussive symptoms as well as developing the neuropsychological assessment portion of the nationally recognized aging surgeon program. 

She then joined Johns Hopkins School of Medicine as faculty. At Johns Hopkins, she has worked towards developing more integrated multidisciplinary care for individuals recovering from acquired brain injury.

For over a decade, Dr. Wolfman McWhorter has also maintained a private practice focused in medico-legal consultation and neuropsychological assessments.

GroundedNeuro is the expansion of her private practice to include clinical services as well as continuing to offer medico-legal services.

What types of services does a Rehabilitation Neuropsychologist provide?

• Neuropsychological assessments help to understand how aspects of brain function affect day-to-day activities such as working or living alone. During a neuropsychological assessment examinees participate in an interview (1-2 hours) as well as tests that evaluate different areas of cognition, such as attention, memory, and executive functioning. Test administration can last anywhere from 2-8 hours and 3-5 hours for scoring and report preparation. This does not include the time spent for record review. Each case varies in terms of the volume of record review required.

• Rehabilitation neuropsychology interventions (including health and behavior interventions and psychotherapy) are targeted therapies effective in addressing many problems including poor sleep, coping with injury or illness or pain, compensating for cognitive impairments, as well as managing persistent post concussive symptoms and long COVID. Interventions are typically 45-50 minute appointments tailored to the problems being address and may include:

  • Cognitive and behavioral therapy

  • Cognitive rehabilitation

  • Motivational Interviewing

  • Mindfulness based interventions / hypnosis and meditation

Areas of Expertise (Assessment & Intervention for individuals 18 and older):

• Concussion

• Traumatic brain injury (TBI)

• Stroke

• Dementias / mild cognitive impairment

• Return to work after injury/illness

• Fitness for duty evaluations (e.g., physician evaluations)

• Medico-legal evaluations

• Performance validity and symptom validity testing

• Mindfulness / Meditation

• Cognitive rehabilitation

• Lifestyle and wellness / health behaviors