Jeff is the Founder and Executive Director of The Neurovation Center. He has pioneered integrative techniques for assessing and integrating neuroanalysis and neurofeedback into mental healthcare. Jeff is also the CEO of NeuroInnovation Consulting Services, and he is currently pursuing a PhD in Psychology through Liberty University, doing research on the integration of neurofeedback into mental healthcare.
Jeff is the counselor you go to when you’ve tried couple counseling before and it went nowhere. He’s also the therapist you want if you desire the deeper, more intimate, more fulfilling marriage that is worth a lifetime together. Jeff’s goal is to bring about change – real, deep and meaningful. Fun and engaging, he finds a way to get to the heart of relational problems and then “unstuckify” the nasty patterns of reactivity, resentment and poor communication that seem to grow faster than weeds in any relationship.
He is a specialist on counseling couples and families with a special needs child (he himself was a “special ops dad” before his oldest son Joel passed away in 2016), and he has fallen into a seldom identified area of expertise of counseling those who have been wounded by a person with a personality disorder. As an ordained and licensed pastor, Jeff enjoys challenging Christians to grow in their faith by applying biblical principles to everyday relationship dynamics.
Jeff is an accomplished speaker, having over 20 years of public speaking experience, both nationally and internationally, equally as comfortable in acacdemic / conference settings as he is in small round-table discussions.
As a self-proclaimed “out of the closet nerd,” he loves nothing more than spending time with his wife, Laurie, and his kids, Josh, Nicole and Amber. (His oldest son, Joel, passed away in 2003 from complications arising from cerebral palsy.) Strategic wargaming, assembling and converting miniatures, watching soccer, and reading sci-fi / fantasy, WW2, and current events books are his things to “chillax.” (Feel free to chat 40k any time. And yes, he reads every copy of White Dwarf magazine found in the reception area, cover to cover.)
Preferred Populations: Married Couples; Engaged Couples; Young Adults, Men, Adults, Families
Choose Jeff If: Your marriage is in crisis; You are looking for a deeper and more intimate marriage; You are struggling with family dynamics; You have a special needs child; You are seeking pastoral or Christian counseling; You have been wounded in intimate relationships by someone with a personality disorder; You are seeking pre-marital counseling.
Specializations: Systems-Based Therapy, with particular aptitude in Strategic, Structural, Solution-Focused Brief, and Emotionally Focused Therapeutic Models; Attachment, Sex and Intimacy; Special Needs Families; Narcissistic Personality Disorders; Public Speaking; Training and Supervision.
Licenses, Certifications, Accomplishments: Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist; MA, Fairfield University, Marriage and Family Therapy; Board Certified, Neurofeedback, BCIA; Ordained and Licensed, C&MA; MA, Denver Seminary, Philosophy of Religion.
“Therapeutic Considerations for Working with Families Who Have a Child With a Disability.” Family Therapy Magazine, 10 (1). January-February 2011, pp. 22-27.
“Special Operations Parenting.” With L.E. Schutz, Family Therapy Magazine, 10 (1). January – February 2011, p. 28.
“Operation Recreation.” With L.E. Schutz, Exceptional Parent Magazine, 40 (6), pp. 14-18. CTAMFT Board of Directors, 2011-2016; Treasurer, CTAMFT
Advisory Board, 2012-13, Fairfield University Marriage and Family Therapy Program
Memberships and Associations: AAMFT, BCIA, ISNR, IFTA, NRBS
Think: Strategic and Humorous; Challenging and Empathetic