Jessica Nunez is a Licensed Psychological Associate (#38411) who specializes in providing psychological assessment and counseling services to children, teens, and young adults. Jessica majored in Psychology at the University of Virginia and earned a Master of Arts in School Psychology from Northern Illinois University. Jessica worked as a school psychologist in both Illinois and Louisiana before relocating to the Houston area in 2020. At that time, Jessica began working as a Licensed Psychological Associate at Texas Children’s Hospital, where she gained extensive experience in the neuropsychological and psychoeducational testing of children and adolescents with a wide range of neurodevelopmental differences and medication conditions, including autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, epilepsy, and patients who are pre- and post- organ transplant.
Jessica specializes in the assessment of learning, social-emotional, and behavioral difficulties in children and adolescents, including learning disabilities and ADHD evaluations. She also provides counseling services to children, teens, and young adults with ADHD, chronic illnesses (such as diabetes), anxiety, depression, social-skills difficulties and executive functioning challenges. Jessica takes great pleasure in getting to know each client as an individual and adjusts her interaction style as needed to help each person feel as comfortable as possible throughout the assessment or counseling process. In her spare time, Jessica enjoys listening to true crime podcasts and traveling.