Brad Simpson, DSW, LCSW

“I love working at Sunrise because of the relational work environment and the way in which the needs of individuals are met. Sunrise provides girls the opportunity to safely learn…

“I love working at Sunrise because of the relational work environment and the way in which the needs of individuals are met. Sunrise provides girls the opportunity to safely learn from their mistakes and find lasting change.”

Brad received his Doctoral Degree in Social Work from the University of Tennessee, a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Utah and a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from Brigham Young University, Idaho. He has worked with families, couples, and adolescents in acute inpatient, intensive outpatient, outpatient and residential settings. He is Intensively Trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and served as the regional representative for the Mountain West Region of SMART Recovery for 3 years. He has taught courses at the university level in Marriage and Family. Brad loves running, hiking, mountain biking, lifting weights, long boarding, and spending time with his family. He’s also a big fan of spectator sports of all kinds.

“We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to chose one’s own way.” – Viktor E. Frankl