He received his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee in counseling psychology. He is a licensed Psychologist (TN 2349). Dr. Coffield brings a wide variety of teaching and clinical experiences. His clinical experience includes counseling in private practice, college counseling centers, church-based counseling centers and hospital settings. He enjoys the classroom and brings twenty years of teaching experience, including undergraduate and graduate students in public educational settings, small private colleges and seminaries. His research interests include adoption, narrative psychology and counselor training. He has been married to Mona for eighteen years, and they have two children, Skylar (15) and Pearce (13).