Jeff received his masters degree from Rhode Island College and then completed his post-masters clinical training at Northern Rhode Island CBT where he focused on the treatment of Anxiety Disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Jeff recently completed advanced training in the treatment of OCD at the International OCD Foundation’s Behavior Therapy Training Institute.
When treating OCD Jeff utilizes Exposure and Response Prevention. For other concerns, he incorporates elements of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness, and Self-Compassion. He believes that the foundation for productive therapeutic work is a therapist/client relationship based on kindness, curiosity, and respect. (A healthy sense of humor doesn’t hurt either.) Above all, Jeff strives to provide therapy that is tailored to the needs of the client and that is humane and practical.
Jeff works with adults and teenagers sixteen-and-up who are living with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, PTSD, depression, and all manners of anxiety and stress. Before becoming a therapist Jeff worked professionally in the arts for over a decade and so has a particular interest in working with artists, writers, and performers of all kinds.