Breakfree Intervention Skills Training

Brad is an author, teacher, and interventionist best known for helping people make a life-enhancing change alongside Oprah, the Dr. Oz Show, Today Show, and others. Brad is the founder of Breathe Life Healing Centers, a sophisticated trauma treatment program. He created and produced the docu-series ADDICTED TO FOOD with Oprah Winfrey and his AMERICA RECOVERS podcast with Will Smith & Jada Pinkett Smith.

A trauma survivor, Brad began his own recovery journey in 2003 from drugs, alcohol, bulimia, and nicotine. Brad’s work demonstrates how even the most challenging case might not only recover but offer help and hope to others who suffer.

Kathleen Murphy, MA, LMFT, LPC joins Brad each year in presenting this exciting training program. Breathe Life Healing Center’s founding Clinical Director, Kathleen possesses a world of knowledge and a depth of experience, founded on 30+ years of experience working with people with substance abuse issues complicated by relational trauma. Kathleen makes use of didactics, psycho-education, lectures and experiential group processes that are heavily influenced by attachment theory and psycho-dramatic techniques to assist clients in reframing and reclaiming the self as a being in relationship.

Anisha is a licensed professional counselor, board certified counselor, a certified employee assistance specialist, and a certified clinical trauma professional specializing in trauma recovery, especially with people of color in the LGBTQ+ community. She is most known for providing healing spaces for black queer folks to unwind and embody their authentic selves. In doing so, she’s shared healing practices with major television networks and worked with celebrity clients on their mental health journeys.

Her own journey started at Georgia Southern University where she received her Bachelor of Science in Biology, with a minor in Chemistry and a concentration in Psychology. Soon after, she completed her Master of Education with a concentration in Community Mental Health Counseling. As she pursues her Ph.D. in Counselor Education at Mercer University, her intention is to make room for people of color in academia. Likewise, her research is focused on breaking generational curses and barriers to mental health care within the black community.

At the heart of it, she is an advocate, speaker, and trainer who is passionate about working with intersectionality. She self identifies as lesbian and believes in the power of diverse representation in the mental health arena.

“My most rewarding work,” says Anisha, “is creating content that is centered on mental health that engages the black community.”