Bethany Brand, Ph.D.

Seit 1998 Psychologin in eigener Praxis, Towson, Maryland: Durchführung von Psychotherapie für Erwachsene. Durchführung psychologischer und forensischer Begutachtungen. Beratung von Fachkräften im Bereich psychische Gesundheit sowie von Institutionen und Einrichtungen; Seit 2010 Sachverständigerin in verschiedenen Strafverfahren tätig, insbesondere in Fällen von Totschlag, versuchtem Mord und Mord, sowie in Berufungsverfahren nach rechtskräftiger Verurteilung vor Bundesgerichten; Mitglied in diversen Expertengremien

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Boyer, S.M., Snyder, B., Nester, M.S., Cooney, C. & Brand, B.L. “Presented for sensational value”: Clinicians’ perspectives on the impact of media portrayals of dissociative identity disorder (under review).

Schielke, H.J., Kumar, S.A., Brand, B.L. (in press). Engagement with psychoeducation exercises linked with coping skill use and treatment outcomes in a web-based program for dissociative individuals. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation.

Finley, J.C.A., Robinson, A.D., Soble, J.R. & Brand, B.L. (in press). Multivariate utility of the Test of Memory Malingering and Miller Forensic Assessment of Symptoms Test in distinguishing clinical and simulated dissociative identity disorder. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advanced online publication.

Garibaldi, P.M., Finley, J.C., Salvati, J.M., Blackwell, M.A., Grove, L., & Brand, B. (2026). A phase-oriented framework for emotion regulation in traumatized individuals with dissociation: A narrative review. Psychological Reports.

Pierorazio, N. A., Brand, B. L., & Goldenson, J. (2025). Dissociation-informed assessment: Process-related guidance. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research Practice, and Policy.

Pierorazio, N. A., Synder, B.L., Robertson, J.L., Brand, B. L., Scheilke, H.J. & Lanius. (2025). Helpful aspects of a psychoeducational program for individuals with complex dissociation: An update for the Finding Solid Ground program. European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejtd.2025.100566

Brand B.L., Schielke H.J., Putnam K, Pierorazio N.A., Nester, M.S., Robertson, J., Myrick, A.C., Loewenstein R.J., Putnam, F.W., Steele K., Boon S. & Lanius R, A. (2025). A randomized controlled trial assists individuals with complex trauma and dissociation in Finding Solid Ground. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001871

Pierorazio, N.A., Snyder, B.L., Chang, M., Israel, B. S., Brand, B.L. (2025). How psychotherapists who practice with clients with dissociative identity disorder experience their work: a reflexive thematic analysis. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 25, https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12879.

Myrick, A., Schielke, H.J. & Brand, B.L. (2024). Changes in Therapists’ Knowledge of Symptom Management and Stabilization following Program Co-Participation with Dissociative Patients. European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejtd.2024.100460

Pierorazio, N.A., Robertson, J.L., Nester, M.S. & Brand, B.L. (2024). “They Thought I Was Just Making It Up:” Dissociative Individuals’ Understandings of their Dissociation, Perceptions of their Clinicians’ Conceptualizations of Dissociation, and Discrepancies Between Them. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 10.1037/tra0001800

Snyder, B.L., Boyer, S., Caplan, J. & Brand, B.L. (2024). It’s Not Just a Movie: Perceived Impact of Misportrayals of Dissociative Identity Disorder in the Media on Self and Treatment. European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 8. 10.1016/j.ejtd.2024.100429

Kwok, W. K., Chiu, C. D., Brand, B. L., Chan, L. K. N., & Ho, H. L. (2024). Child dissociation: the descriptive psychopathology analysis of a case. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 26(1), 115–127. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2024.2425087

Salter, M., Brand, B.L., Robinson, M., Loewenstein, R.J., Silberg, J. & Korzekwa, M. (2024). Self-diagnosed cases of dissociative identity disorder on social media: Conceptualization, assessment, and treatment. Harvard Review of Psychiatry. Advance online publication. 10.1097/HRP.0000000000000416