Jeffrey M. Georgi, M.Div., M.A.H, CCAS, LPC, CGP from Duke University Medical Center has served as the clinical director of the Duke Addictions Program and Intervention Program.  He received his BA from Duke University and his M.Div. in Pastoral Psychology from the Duke Divinity School and The Philadelphia Divinity School.  Jeff completed an Internship and Residency program in Pastoral Counseling at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Medical Center and a Masters in Allied Health at Duke University.  He is a licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist, a Certified Clinical Supervisor, a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Certified Group Psychotherapist by the American Association of Group Psychotherapy.   During his two plus decades at the Medical Center Jeff held clinical appointments in the Departments of Surgery, Obstetrics, and Psychiatry.  He remains a clinical associate in the Department of Behavioral Medicine as well as a faculty member of the Duke University School of Nursing.

He has also served as the Director of Psychological Services for the Rice Diet Program in Durham, North Carolina, Jeff applies a model of substance abuse treatment to patients with significant dysregulated© or compulsive eating disorders.

Although primarily known for his work in field of addictions with adolescents, adults, and families Jeff is also a national trainer and respected author in the areas of The Spiritual Platform™ a form of clinical spirituality, ethics, and the clinical application of our understanding of the adolescent brain, its development and vulnerability.  In this regard, Jeff has been involved in a community wide intervention in Georgia targeting middle school and high school students in an effort to reduce nicotine and alcohol use.

Currently, Jeff and Becky Georgi, his wife, are involved in developing and implementing a recovery maintenance program for the students and their families of the Carlbrook School in Halifax, VA. Jeff continues to consult with schools and adolescent treatment facilities bringing science to practice under the administrative umbrella of Georgi Educational and Counseling Services.  He has contributed to a number of Treatment Improvement Protocols which are seen as the best practice guidelines by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Washington D.C.   Jeff has brought his lectures and consulting expertise overseas.  In May 2006 he participated in the United Kingdom/European Symposium on Addictive Disorders and was asked to address the British Parliament applying his solutions to alcoholism use in the United States to the United Kingdom.

Jeff continues to see patients, facilitate groups, and work with families while at the same time expanding his clinical activities with patients struggling with obesity and compulsive eating disorders. While remaining a faculty member at Duke Jeff is now directing more of his energy to help educate and empower parents to effectively deal with the threats to our adolescents’ development presented by alcohol, tobacco and drug. He and his wife are focusing these prevention/intervention efforts in a number of different community settings.