Jeff received his doctorate in counseling from Oregon State University with an emphasis in counselor education and supervision. His research has centered upon the development and integration of emotion regulation for counselors-in-training, the nature of co-transference and the constructed worlds of the client-counselor relationship, and career counseling for college students. Before arriving at SMC, Jeff had a successful private counseling practice in Portland Oregon and taught adjunct at Portland State and George Fox University. He also spends his time running, whitewater kayaking, hiking and playing a lot with his four children and loving wife.