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Adrianna Wechsler Zimring, PhD, EdM

Owner & Licensed Psychologist


Dr. Adrianna Wechsler Zimring is a licensed psychologist specializing in evidence-based practices with children and adolescents.  Her primary areas of focus include comprehensive pediatric neuropsychological evaluation for a wide range of neurodevelopmental, neurocognitive, learning, and behavioral concerns. She also provides consultation services for adolescents and young adults with complex psychiatric concerns.  Dr. Zimring works with children from infancy through early adulthood, along with their parents and caregivers. 

In 2014, Dr. Zimring returned to Southern Nevada and built a private practice specializing in evidence-based practices with children and families.  While building her practice, Dr. Zimring also served as an adjunct clinical instructor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Zimring currently splits her time between The EBP and UNLV PRACTICE Institute of Mental and Behavioral Health, where she serves as the Associate Director of Pediatric Clinical Services and Residency Training. Within her role at UNLV, Dr. Zimring is helping to build the new Child Psychology Doctoral Internship Program made possible in part by SB165

Dr. Zimring previously has served as the Legislative Committee Chair and President of the Nevada Psychological Association (NPA), and as Nevada’s Federal Advocacy Coordinator for the American Psychological Association.  When she isn’t busy being a psychologist, Dr. Zimring spends time with her family, or hides in a quiet corner so she can enjoy a good book.

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Stanford University, Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Child Psychology

University of Washington, Clinical Residency (Pre-Doctoral Internship)

University of Nevada, Las Vegas,  Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology

University of Nevada, Las Vegas,  M.A. in Clinical Psychology

Harvard Graduate School of Education,  Ed.M. in Mind, Brain, and Education

University of California, Los Angeles,  B.A. in Classical Civilizations

Formal Education

License & Certification

Alaska License: #180758

California License: PSY 26609

Nevada License: PY 0720

ASPPB Mobility Number (APIT & CPQ): 5110

Evaluation & Assessment Services

Neurodevelopmental and Neuropsychological Evaluations

Psychoeducational and Psychological Evaluations

Diagnostic Evaluations of Learning, Behavioral, and
Developmental Disorders

Giftedness Evaluations & Testing