Jeff Jay

Jeff Jay has been helping alcoholics, addicts and their families for over 30 years. He is a clinical interventionist and counselor. His work has appeared on CNN, the Jane Pauley Show, PBS, Forbes Online and many professional journals. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, and a certified intervention professional.

Jeff has served as president of the Terry McGovern Foundation in Washington, DC, and on the boards of directors for the Association of Intervention Specialists, the Michigan Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors, Dawn Farm, and the Employee Assistance Professionals Association of Greater Detroit. He currently serves on the advisory board of Jefferson House, in Detroit, MI. More information at: http://www.lovefirst.net/

"I am passionate about intervention for a very simple reason," says Jeff. "Intervention saved my life."

Jeff heads a national private practice that provides intervention and family recovery services. He is a member of the editorial board of Human Development magazine. He is is a former staff member of the Hazelden Foundation, Brighton Hospital and Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center. His personal recovery from addiction dates from October 4, 1981. He is a boater, scuba diver, traveler, and writer.