Dr. Bradley (Brad) Bull

Dr. Bradley (Brad) Bull is a marriage and family therapist based in Tennessee who brings 20 years of clinical experience to work with individuals, couples, and families. He focuses on relationship and family issues including intimacy and parenting concerns, as well as depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, coping with life changes, LGBT concerns, and ADHD.

He completed a PhD in child and family studies with an emphasis in counseling at the University of Tennessee in 2005, finishing that degree at age 40 while managing a heavy course load, two part-time jobs, and raising two young children. He considers his time as a client at the student counseling center to be the most important part of his training. He also completed family therapy training at Good Shepherd Counseling Center under one of Tennessee’s early family therapists.

His academic preparation began as an undergraduate psychology major with a creative writing minor at Carson-Newman University and continued in seminary where he majored in pastoral counseling and worked as an aide at Norton Psychiatric Clinic. That blend of academic study and real-world experience contributes to a systemic approach that pays attention to how family, work, and societal factors shape a person’s life and coping strategies.

He is licensed to practice as a marriage and family therapist in both Virginia and Tennessee. People describe him as down to earth, a reflection of his upbringing as the son of teachers and grandson of farmers. His background includes hands-on work such as baling hay, feeding cattle, and spending a summer pulling steel from a 1500-degree furnace and operating a forklift. He was also captain of his high school soccer team.

Outside of work he enjoys riding his bike, watching movies, reading, playing Scrabble, hiking, canoeing, and refinishing furniture. That combination of practical life experience and formal training informs a grounded, approachable therapeutic style.