Jeff Boss, Resident Counselor

I'm a Licensed Resident Counselor in Virginia, dedicated to guiding individuals through significant life challenges and supporting meaningful personal growth. My approach is grounded in real-world experience and specialized training, so clients receive compassionate, effective, results-oriented care. I'm especially passionate about serving veterans and first responders, recognizing the unique pressures and trauma exposure that can come with demanding roles. I also support people working through a wide range of common and complex concerns, including: - Trauma and posttraumatic stress (PTSD): Using evidence-based techniques to process past events and restore emotional stability. - Anxiety and depression: Building practical skills to manage symptoms and support lasting well-being. - Relationship conflict and family dynamics: Improving communication, developing parenting strategies, and building healthier connections. - Life transitions and personal growth: Navigating career changes, strengthening resilience, and finding work-life balance. - Mood challenges: Support for bipolar-related concerns, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts in a safe, nonjudgmental space. - Self-esteem and identity: Strengthening self-worth and fostering a clearer sense of self. I use a dynamic, integrated style that balances actionable strategies with deeper emotional processing. My core modalities include: - Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT): Helping clients clarify their values and commit to behavior change, even in the presence of difficult thoughts and feelings. - eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): A specialized therapy for processing trauma and working through disturbing life experiences. - Mindfulness: Integrating present-moment awareness to reduce stress and strengthen emotional control. - Gottman Levels 1 and 2 (couples): Drawing from decades of research on what helps relationships work. Before becoming a counselor, I spent 13 years in high-stakes environments, most notably serving as a Navy SEAL at SEAL Teams 4 and 6. That background gives me a grounded, empathetic understanding of mental toughness, leadership and team dynamics, and how people process and adapt after major life events. I'm also a leadership coach and the author of *Navigating Chaos: How To Find Certainty In Uncertain Situations*. I hold a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Walden University and a second Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Norwich University.

The Counseling Center Group is a multi-state therapy practice offering evidence-based mental health care to individuals, couples, families, and groups, available both in-person and virtually across Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C., New York, New Jersey, and Florida. How It Works New clients are matched with a therapist whose specialty fits their specific needs, rather than being assigned at random. Care is designed to be short-term and purposeful, with clear, structured steps toward measurable goals — the aim is not indefinite therapy, but building skills clients can carry forward independently once treatment ends. Symptoms & Concerns Treated The Counseling Center Group treats a broad range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma, mood disorders, addiction, eating disorders, OCD, emotional dysregulation, relationship and family conflict, life transitions, social skills challenges, and suicidal or self-harm behaviors. Modalities Used Clinicians draw from a wide range of evidence-based modalities, including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and its specialized tracks (for adolescents, children, substance use, eating disorders, and trauma), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), EMDR, Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Imago Relationship Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and several other specialized approaches such as PEERS for social skills and SPACE for childhood anxiety.