For those looking for consultant/evaluators in Arizona and/or the Southwest region of our country, Thomas M. Brunner, PhD, is a seasoned child/adolescent expert who provides comprehensive yet concise assessments focused on providing lasting solutions.
Dr. Brunner distinguishes himself in many ways. First, he has a diverse set of training experiences including residential, medical, psychiatric, outpatient, and school psychology experiences. Secondly, as an ongoing researcher as well as a practicing psychologist, Dr. Brunner takes pride in being a "thought leader" who uses the most innovative science "in the trenches" every day to provide cutting edge assessment and care to youth. Thirdly, Dr. Brunner has uniquely broad clinical experience spanning the full spectrum of psychopathology and learning problems. His experience includes providing brief psychiatric triage assessment as well as long-term residential therapy to severely abused youth. He is a sought after personality assessment expert who adeptly uses tools including the MMPI-A and PAI-A to obtain a finer grained understanding of each child.
He is a "go to" assessment and treatment professional in the Southwest for those demanding situations requiring a precise understanding and roadmap for treatment. He is the senior author of a published behavioral science tool (State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory - Second Edition, Child/Adolescent; Brunner & Spielberger, 2009) that assesses anger in children and adolescents. The STAXI-2 C/A has been adapted into eight languages worldwide.
Dr. Brunner is a regular speaker at the University of Arizona's University Medical Center where he also assists in the training of child psychiatrists. He gave the Keynote address at the 15th Annual Conference on Critical Issues Facing Children and Adolescents in Salt Lake City. He is humbled by having received the Early Career Psychologist Award by the Arizona Psychological Foundation.
He works in Clinical, Forensic, and Consulting Psychology in Arizona, and does house calls around the United States via Skype.
For more information, visit
www.doctorbrunner.com.
Dr. Brunner is a clinical, forensic, and consulting psychologist who serves those in Arizona, the American Southwest, and beyond. His approach is deeply rooted in using the most credible tools to provide exceptional assessment resulting in precise guidance and lasting solutions.
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