Long before he was “Dr. Pipe”, Jeff was an angry teenager struggling to find his way through a family tumult of his own making. Raised in a conservative Christian home and a community that offered few alternatives between restrictive and godless, Jeff struggled to find room for his own passions and gifting. Not understanding his own anger, he reacted against authority through both subtle and overt means. However, unbeknownst to him, God was at work redeeming his earlier experience and transforming his anger into a passion for integrity, openness and honesty.
After completing a degree in Christian Education, Jeff worked in youth ministry. His ministry experience intensified his passion to help families and fight for integrity in the lives of others. This passion led him to Colorado Christian University where he received an MA in Biblical Counseling, studying under Dr. Dan Allender and Dr. Larry Crabb. During this experience, Jeff came to see how counseling provided an outlet for this passion, as well as a rich opportunity to help other persons find greater emotional, relational and spiritual integrity. After completing his MA, Jeff subsequently completed a PsyD in Clinical Psychology at the Georgia School of Professional Psychology and was later licensed as a psychologist. In 1998, he joined AlphaCare in Atlanta where he served as the Office Director and Transitional Family Services where he served as the Clinical Director.
In 2006, Jeff founded Tapestry Psychological Associates (Marietta, GA) and in 2022, he acquired Legacy Strategy (Kennesaw, GA). At both Tapestry and Legacy, Jeff is honored to now work alongside a large team of professionals who share his Christian values, as well as his passion to provide quality care for those who are struggling in their personal and family lives.
Since completing his formal education, Jeff has focused his professional development in marital therapy, trauma recovery and the treatment of sexual compulsivity. He has received extensive training in evidence-based marital counseling models, including Emotion Focused Therapy for Couples, The Gottman Method and Imago Therapy. In 2016 he completed the Certificate Program in Traumatic Stress Studies under the oversight of the Justice Research Institute and Dr. Bessell Van Der Kolk. He has also completed training and become certified in EMDR. Jeff has also received extensive training in the treatment of sexual addiction and compulsivity.
Jeff’s passion for personal and interpersonal integrity – in combination with his own brokenness and daily need for grace – now energize him to create a counseling context which offers safety, as well as a push toward risk and change. Whether he is wrestling with his own personal growth, counseling a man seeking freedom from sexual compulsivity or helping a strained marriage find a deeper level of intimacy, Jeff’s pursuit of integrity – a consistency of personhood from the inside out – fosters personal, relational and spiritual growth in those with whom he works.
Jeff speaks at retreats, churches, professional conferences and training seminars across the region. He supervises graduate students in psychology and counseling, as well as post-graduate therapists. Jeff gets out in the woods whenever he can where he enjoys fishing, hunting, mountain-biking and backpacking. He and his wife have been married since 1985 and have one adult daughter.
