Evaluation and Assessment

• Civil Cases

• Comprehensive evaluations of children and parents for purpose of custody recommendations

• Assessment of symptomology and indications of malingering
• Assessment of trauma responses and impact on functioning
• Evaluation of impact of behavior in sexual harassment case

• Criminal Cases
  • Sexual offenses
  • DWI
  • Family Violence
  • Alcohol and Drug-Related Offenses
    
• Consultation

• Case review
• Treatment compliance and progress in probation-related cases

Counseling and Therapy

• Stress management for individuals preparing for testimony  
• Treatment for posttraumatic stress disorders or adjustment disorders experienced by victims or witnesses of accidents or violence
• Critical incident stress management for victims or witnesses of major accidents or violence
• Treatment of substance abuse disorders
• Treatment of paraphiliac disorders
  

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FORENSIC PROVIDERS

While various staff members of Professional Psychological Services, P.C. are skilled in the delivery of counseling and therapy services and have had forensic experience, Dr. Tim Branaman is the primary provider of forensic psychological services. Dr. Branaman has worked in the field of psychology since 1974 and has been in private practice since 1984. He has provided expert legal testimony in a many cases during his tenure in private practice. These include cases in civil and criminal courts, as well as Federal Immigration Court, in Dallas, Tarrant, and other Texas counties. His courtroom experience includes testimony regarding sexual offenses, child custody matters, competency, and political asylum cases. He has frequently been appointed by the court for evaluation of parents and children in child custody litigation and other matters.  He has also testified as an expert in criminal matters for both the State and the defense.

Dr. Branaman has had extensive experience in the area of assessment and treatment of alcohol and drug dependence, as well experience with compulsive sexual behavior, paraphilias, and sexual trauma. As one of only a few psychologists trained in prescribing psychopharmacology he is particularly experienced in working with the benefits and effects of psychotropic medications.  He is certified as a sex offender treatment provider and is a registry member of the Texas Interagency Council on Sex Offender Treatment.  Dr. Branaman has also trained as a family mediator.

Dr. Branaman graduated from Texas A&M University/Commerce with a doctoral degree in psychology in 1981. He was licensed by the Texas Board of Examiners of Psychologists as a psychologist and certified as a health service provider in 1982.

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