Psychological Assessment of Emotional Dysregulation in Children and Adolescents: An Overview of Essential Considerations

Anthony D. Bram, PhD, ABAP, FABP is a psychologist and psychoanalyst in private practice in Lexington, MA, where he conducts psychological testing, psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral therapy, and psychoanalysis with children and adults. Dr. Bram is a part-time Lecturer in Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School and is on the faculty of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (where he is co-director of Child Psychoanalytic training). He received his doctorate from the University of Kansas and is a graduate of the Post-Doctoral training program at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas where he was subsequently a Staff Psychologist. Dr. Bram completed adult psychoanalytic training at the Greater Kansas City Psychoanalytic Institute, and child analytic training from the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. Dr. Bram is board-certified in Assessment Psychology and in Child/Adolescent Psychoanalysis, and he has been a recipient of a Fellowship from the American Psychoanalytic Association, the Martin Mayman Award (two times) from the Society for Personality Assessment, Scientific Writing Award from the Menninger Clinic, and the Johanna Tabin Book Proposal Prize from Division 39 of the American Psychological Association. His recent book Psychological Assessment of Emotional Dysregulation in Children and Adults: The Bipolar Spectrum and Beyond was published earlier this year by APA Books. His previous book Psychological Testing that Matters: Creating a Road Map for Effective Treatment was published by APA Books in 2014. He also co-edited Psychoanalytic Assessment Applications in Different Settings published by Routledge in 2021.