Brian has worked with adults and adolescents since May of 1992 and has a fondness for helping them find their way in today’s turbulent world. He has a passion for working with those who have dealt with trauma in their lives. He started as a psychiatric technician at McKay-Dee hospital’s behavioral health facility where he worked for 8 ½ years before leaving to take a job as a therapist at the Oakley School. While working at the Oakley School he became well versed in working with post adoption issues. This interest grew out of working with adopted kids and realizing these children are over represented in treatment programs. After 6 years at the Oakley school, Brian decided to take a position at a clinical boarding school in Springville, Utah, where he served as a therapist before moving on to becoming the Clinical Director and one of the Founding Partner/Owners of Daniels Academy. Brian has been in private practice for over 9 years, previously owning a group practice prior to starting Brian Murdock Counseling.
Brian enjoys helping couples strengthen their relationships and helping individuals find the happiness they desire. He has extensive experience working with trauma. This includes working with first responders such as police officers, fire fighters and emergency medical responders. Helping first responders reprocess and deal with trauma enables them to continue to live an enjoyable productive life as well as continue to do quality work in a high stress field. When trauma has been left unidentified or unresolved it can lead to other types of disorders, which may include depression, anxiety, and sexual/pornography or substance abuse addictions. A vast majority of us will experience some type of trauma that will lead to issues in our lives. Things that seem small and inconsequential can be a trauma leading to how we see and/or feel about ourselves. This can be something like a teacher yelling at us in front of the class, the way a parent looks or reacts to us in a time of vulnerability. The trauma can increase from these seemingly small incidents to major traumas like childhood sexual abuse, near loss of life experiences and other major incidents, including many first responder calls that include accidents, shootings, suicides etc.