Dr. Bryant Welch, a nationally-prominent psychologist/attorney for thirty years, provides expert witness evaluations and testimony for psychological trauma, psychological injury, discrimination and civil rights matters, and malpractice. He also provides expert testimony in front of professional licensing boards.

Dr. Welch graduated from Harvard College in 1968 and Harvard Law School in 1972 before receiving the Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1976. He is a Research Associate graduate of the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute.

From 1986 to 1993 Dr. Welch initiated and ran the American Psychological Association Practice Directorate leading Organized Psychology through one of its most successful advocacy eras. Under Dr. Welch's leadership psychologists gained access to practice in Medicare, hospitals, and psychoanalysis. He was also one of the first critics to warn of the dangers of the managed health care system.

Dr. Welch is an outstanding public speaker. A past president of the Harvard debate council and successful national debater, he has provided testimony on psychological matters to all levels of government including the White House, Congress, and the Federal Judiciary. He has been widely recognized as an effective advocate for mental health services and for civil rights.

Dr. Welch has appeared on all major networks and been quoted in most major news sources on mental health related matters. He has received numerous awards from national and state mental health organizations and held academic appointments with several universities including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, George Washington University, and the University of South Carolina at Beaufort.

Most recently Dr. Welch has published his first book, State of Confusion: Political Manipulation and the Assault on the American Mind, (Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martins Press, June, 2008)
Dr. Welch has been married to his wife, Debbie, for forty years. They currently reside in Hilton Head Island, SC and have two adult sons.


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