Brent Bradley

Brent Bradley, Ph.D. is Associate Professor in the Family Therapy Program, Psychology Department, at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a B.A. in English Literature. He earned his Ph.D. in MFT from Fuller School of Psychology, Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, California. He has published original research in the Journal of Marriage and Family Therapy, and is a co-author of Becoming an Emotionally Focused Couple Therapist: The Workbook (Brunner-Routledge).

An active researcher, writer and presenter, Dr. Bradley regularly presents at professional conferences with his students and colleagues. Dr. Bradley holds two EFT 32-hour externships every summer and winter in conjunction with Dr. Susan Johnson (co-author of EFT) and the Ottawa Couple and Family Institute.

Dr. Bradley’s research interests include:

• Process research investigating the process of change in couple and family therapy
• How attachment theory and an affect-focus impact change processes
• Outcome research with families and couples
• Outcome and process research with minorities in couple and family therapy

Brent is married with one daughter, age three (as of May, 2007). When not reading Dora the Explorer (or watching anything to do with princesses), his hobbies typically include: Reading, cooking, college sports, mixed martial arts, fishing, napping, and anything on HGTV or The Food Network (especially chef Bobby Flay).

Dr. Bradley is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and an AAMFT-Approved Supervisor and Clinical Member. He is also a Certified EFT therapist, supervisor, and trainer.