JAMES H. BRAMSON, Psy.D., M.A., LCSW

    • International Trainer in Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy

    • Forensic and Neuropsychological Expert Witness & Consultant

    • Facilitate Fitness for work/duty evaluations.

    • Testify on a range of issues including depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and malingering.

    • Executive coach, trainer, and consultant for numerous Fortune 500 companies

    • Experienced Account Manager for External EAP programs

    • Former Manager of an Inpatient and Outpatient Substance Abuse facility

    • Owner of successful private practice and consulting firms in Solana Beach/San Diego, Orinda, and Kensington, California

    • Provided CISD training for American Airlines Employees following

  • Bramble & Rose Coaching and Consulting, LLC, 2025-Present

    Co-Founder and Co-Director

    • Offer expert executive coaching and mediation services

    • Provide intensive coaching sessions for couples in transition and distress

    • Facilitate leadership training and organizational development for small and large organizations

    • Co-Lead the Awakening to Life, Death, and Love workshop series to help people live and love more mindfully and accept impermanence

    • Help individuals develop self-leadership skills and transform their self-limiting story into an empowering narrative

    East Bay Mindfulness Center Psychology, Inc., 2016- Present

    Sand Diego Mindfulness Center 2023-Present

    Co-Founder/CEO

    • Oversee psychological services for groups, families, and individuals

    • Co-direct neuropsychological and psychological testing services

    • Facilitate a consultation team and oversee training for staff and interns

    • Provide CEO and CFO functions for East Bay Mindfulness Center

    • Institute quality assurance standards, policies, and procedures

    • Investigate and disseminate evidence-based research in mindfulness-based psychotherapy

    • Co-Founded and Co-Direct West Coast Mindfulness Center (WCMI), affiliate of EBMC, Psychology, Inc., which involves coordinating, providing training for, and conducting outreach for a network of mindfulness-based psychotherapy professionals and physicians.

    Organizational Solutions, 2022-Present

    Director

    • Provide expert executive and management coaching

    • Lead leadership training and development

    • Conduct mediation, risk mitigation, and conflict resolution

    • Serve as an assessment specialist, for fitness for duty, hiring, promotion, based on neuropsychological testing

    • Manage corporate diversity and change

    • Consult on human resource issues evaluation, and 360-degree feedback

    Clinical & Consultative Practice (www.drbramson.com), 1995–Present

    Psychologist, Owner

    • Provide psychotherapy for groups, families, and individuals, with a focus on adults, adolescents, and couples

    • Conduct neuropsychological/psychological testing

    • Treat depression (major/bipolar), addiction, anxiety, panic disorders, and body dysmorphia

    • Offer expert coaching and career counseling

    • Utilize EMDR, Thought Field Therapy, Biofeedback

    • Integrated Insights EAP Program — Consultant, Corporate Trainer, Account Manager (1999–2004)

    • Family Enrichment Center (Post-Doc) — Neuropsychological testing, therapy (1999–2001)

    • Kaiser Permanente (APA Internship) — Neuropsychological testing, therapy (1998–1999)

    • EAP, Inc. — EAP Program Coordinator, Clinician (1995–1997)

    • Wake County Public School District — Student Assist. Program Coordinator (1994–1995)

    • Value Behavioral Health — Account Manager/Employee Assistance Professional (1993–1994)

    • University of California, San Francisco — Treatment Outcome Research Specialist (1991–1992)

    • Parkside Medical Services — Adolescent Program Manager & Next Step Program Coordinator (1988–1991)

    • Lansing General Hospital — Adult Inpatient Substance Abuse Program Manager (1986–1988)

    • California School of Professional Psychology - Alliant International University — Adjunct Faculty: Doctoral Program in Organizational Behavior (2003–2004)

    • Aims College — Instructor, Chemical Dependency Treatment & Assessment Consultant (1995–1997)

    • University of Northern Colorado — Instructor, Supervisor of Counseling Psychology Master's Degree Candidates (1995–1997)

    • Psy.D., Counseling Psychology, Merit Scholar — University of Northern Colorado (1999). Voted most outstanding student in my department by faculty.

    • M.A., Clinical Social Work/Social Service Administration, Merit Scholar — University of Chicago (1990)

    • B.A., Employee Relations Management/Economics, Honors — Michigan State University (1986)

    • B.S., Psychology, Honors — Michigan State University (1984)

    • Clinical Psychologist in the State of California (PSY-19459)

    • Clinical Social Worker in the State of California (LCS-19040)

    • American Psychological Association

    • National Association of Social Workers

    • Employee Assistance Professional Association

    • Australian Psychological Association

    • Australian Hypnosis Society