Supervisor: Emily Slife, Ph.D.

Brian Broomand, Psy.D. is a registered psychological assistant currently working at UNLV Student Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). Brian received his bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of California, Irvine, a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University and a doctorate degree in clinical psychology at Alliant International University’s California School of Professional Psychology.

Brian comes to the mental health field with years of personal, professional, and academic experience in community and college counseling settings working with a wide range of populations. Brian completed a fellowship with Mental Health America of Los Angeles in partnership with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health where he became a certified Mental Health Rehabilitation Specialist. Brian has also worked as a Mental Health Counselor at Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services and San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center. He has conducted individual and group counseling, case management and crisis intervention to ethnically diverse populations providing treatment in English and Farsi. During Brian’s doctoral program, he has interned at The Village Family Services for more than two years working as a Mental Health Clinician. In this position, Brian gained certification as a Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapist and received training in Seeking Safety, Solutions Focused, and Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction psychotherapies. Brian’s primary therapeutic modality is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused which is further supplemented with Gestalt, Humanistic, Existential and Psychodynamic approaches when needed. He helps clients experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma, and other mental health conditions. Brian’s most recent clinical experiences placed him in the community college settings (Los Angeles Valley College - Valley Community Health Care & Whittier College Student Counseling Center) where he provided individual therapy and outreach to multiple students of different sexual orientations, race, genders, religions, nationalities and ethnicities (immigrants, first generation college students, victims of trauma, etc.). Brian recently completed his internship training at UNLV CAPS, and has decided to stay onboard for a following year to continue supporting each student with their personal and academic needs.

Being an empathetic, patient, nonjudgmental, understanding and compassionate clinician, Brian does his very best to help each person realize their inner strength and ability to overcome barriers and to help them live each day with minimal pain and distress.