Brandi Nichols Vadis
Licensed MFT #122625, BSN

Brandi brings twenty-five years of experience in the healthcare industry, where she has held various positions and risen through the ranks while continuously learning and growing professionally. Through her extensive career, she recognized that the separation of mental health from the medical model was creating harm not only for patients but also for healthcare workers themselves. This realization sparked a unique path focused on bringing healing first to herself and then to other healthcare professionals.

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Brandi has significant experience supporting trauma survivors in intensive outpatient treatment programs. Following her graduate work, she spent two years immersed in learning about death and dying, and obtained certification in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), a trauma modality that provides an alternative to traditional talk therapy for processing stressful experiences holistically.

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Over the past five years, Brandi has successfully coached healthcare workers through grief, burnout, and empathy fatigue by creating space for healing through compassionate release of stress and trauma stored in the body. By helping professionals let go of these negative experiences, she strengthens their connection to themselves and others, bringing clarity to their passion and purpose.

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She has led trainings on essential topics including emotion regulation, conflict resolution, and assertive communication. Brandi has created and facilitated various support groups and trainings addressing grief, chronic pain, imposter syndrome, and burnout. Drawing from these experiences and knowledge, she founded the nonprofit Hope for Healers to advocate for meaningful mental health support amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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In Fall 2025, Brandi will serve as an adjunct instructor at Point Loma Nazarene University, teaching the basic skills class in the Master of Arts in Clinical Counseling graduate program. In this role, she is passionate about advocating for the care and well-being of therapists themselves, emphasizing the critical importance of self-care and professional sustainability for those entering the counseling field.