Jeff is a Licensed Resident Counselor in Virginia dedicated to guiding individuals through significant life challenges and promoting profound personal growth. His therapeutic approach is built on a foundation of real-world experience and highly specialized training, ensuring clients receive compassionate, effective, and results-oriented care. Jeff is particularly passionate about serving veterans and first responders, recognizing the unique pressures and trauma exposure inherent in their demanding roles, but his expertise extends to a wide range of common and complex issues, including: - Trauma & PTSD: Utilizing evidence-based techniques to process past events and restore emotional stability. - Anxiety & Depression: Developing practical skills to manage symptoms and foster lasting mental well-being. - Relationship Conflict & Family Dynamics: Improving communication, developing parenting strategies, and building healthier connections. - Life Transitions & Personal Growth: Navigating career changes, developing mental resilience, and finding work/life balance. - Mood Disorders: Support for Bipolar/Mood Disorders, Self-Harm, and Suicidal Ideation in a safe, non-judgmental space. - Self-Esteem & Identity: Strengthening self-worth and fostering a clearer sense of self. Therapeutic Approach Jeff employs a dynamic, integrated approach that focuses on actionable strategies and deep emotional processing. His core modalities include: - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Helping clients clarify their values and commit to behavioral change, even in the presence of difficult thoughts and feelings. - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): An effective, specialized therapy for processing trauma and overcoming disturbing life experiences. - Mindfulness: Integrating present-moment awareness to reduce stress and increase emotional control. Unique Experience & Background Before becoming a counselor, Jeff cultivated 13 years of unparalleled experience in high-stakes environments, most notably serving as a Navy SEAL at SEAL Teams 4 and 6. This background provides him with a unique, empathetic understanding of: - Mental Toughness: The strategies required for high performance and resilience under extreme stress. - Leadership and Team Dynamics: The complexities of professional relationships and organizational pressures. - Crisis Management: How individuals process and adapt following significant life events. Jeff is also an accomplished leadership coach and author of Navigating Chaos: How To Find Certainty In Uncertain Situations. He holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Walden University and a second Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Norwich University.