Dr. Bradley (Brad) Bull, LMFT

Dr. Bradley (Brad) Bull brings two decades of clinical experience to work that emphasizes how broader systems - family, work, and society - shape individual struggles and strengths. He frames what many call family therapy as systemic therapy, attending to patterns and relationships that influence mood, behavior, and connection. Dr. Bull earned a PhD in child and family studies with an emphasis in counseling at the University of Tennessee in 2005, completing that degree while balancing coursework, two part-time jobs, and parenting young children. That blend of academic training and lived experience informs a practical, grounded clinical style. He is also a LMFT, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, which reflects specialized training in relational and family-focused care.

His early training began with an undergraduate degree in psychology and a minor in creative writing at Carson-Newman University and continued in seminary where he majored in pastoral counseling and worked as an aide at the Norton Psychiatric Clinic. Family therapy training followed at Good Shepherd Counseling Center under one of Tennessee's early family therapists, and time as a client at a university counseling center remains a formative part of his development. Dr. Bull works with individuals on relationship and family issues, parenting, mood and anxiety concerns, trauma and abuse, intimacy and sexuality, ADHD, and life transitions.

Described as down to earth, he draws on a lifetime of practical experiences - raised as the son of teachers and the grandson of farmers, he has baled hay, fed cattle, spent a summer pulling steel from a high-heat furnace, and driven a forklift. A former high school soccer captain, he spends free time riding his bike, watching movies, reading, playing Scrabble, hiking, canoeing, and refinishing furniture.