Dr. Verda Bradley, LCSW

Dr. Verda Bradley is a licensed clinical psychotherapist with more than thirty years of experience helping people navigate complex emotional and life challenges. She holds an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - which denotes advanced training in psychotherapy and social services, and she is a Certified NIDA Relapse Prevention counselor with experience addressing substance misuse and patterns of relapse. Dr. Bradley has worked across mental health, child protection, family services, criminal justice, and recovery settings, bringing a broad perspective to clinical care that informs her work with individuals and families.

Her practice focuses on relieving emotional suffering tied to psychosocial stressors, trauma, domestic violence, substance misuse, and mental illness. She also facilitates bereavement groups twice a month, offering structured support for those processing loss. Dr. Bradley emphasizes a client-centered, trust-based environment where people can work through problems, improve relationships, and pursue a higher quality of life.

Specialty areas include stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family concerns, and self-esteem, with additional focus on caregiver stress, codependency, commitment and control issues, communication problems, family of origin dynamics, forgiveness, guilt and shame, hospice and end-of-life counseling, impulsivity, isolation and loneliness, life purpose, and midlife transitions. Her approach combines empathy, practical strategies, and long-standing clinical experience to help clients move toward greater well-being.