Jeff Georgi, M.Div., MAH, LCAS, LPC, CGP has practiced psychotherapy with a focus on substance abuse disorders for more than 35 years and continues to treat patients and their families in private practice as well as facilitating a men’s second stage recovery group. He holds licenses as a Clinical Addiction Specialist, a Certified Clinical Supervisor, a Licensed Professional Counselor, and a Certified Group Psychotherapist by the American Group Psychotherapy Association. He remains a consulting faculty member in the Department of Behavioral Medicine, Division of Addiction Research and Translation at Duke University Medical Center as well as a faculty member of the Duke University School of Nursing. While remaining involved in clinical activities, Jeff continues to provide trainings through Georgi Educational and Counseling Services (GECS).
A sought after public speaker, he is a national trainer and author focusing on the Bio/Psycho/Social/Spiritual/Experiential model providing a definition of addictive disease, and leading to a group intervention specifically designed for SUDs patients, Modified Interpersonal Group Psychotherapy (MIGP). Other areas of Jeff’s expertise include clinical spirituality, addressing issues of shame and grief and working with both adolescent and geriatric populations.
For more than two decades, Jeff served as the clinical director of the Duke Addictions Program and held clinical appointments in the Departments of Psychiatry, Surgery, and Obstetrics. He helped to create the Family Care Program, a treatment approach for pregnant women and mothers with young children struggling with SUDs. Jeff has served as the Consensus Panel Co-chair for the Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP 35), Substance Abuse Treatment: Group Psychotherapy, published by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 2005 and was a panel member and contributor on two other TIPs, Enhancing Motivation for Change and Brief Interventions.