Joe is a counseling psychologist and Assistant Director of CAPS and Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University. Joe’s special interests include the use of imagery, hypnosis, Jungian Psychology, technique in brief and very brief psychotherapy and the interface of spirituality and psychology. He has been the primary author/editor of seven books, most of which are in the field of university student counseling services and psychotherapy.

He is certified as a practitioner and a supervisor/consultant in clinical hypnosis by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis and has served on its Ethics Committee. Joe is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, a site-visitor for the American Psychological Association for internship accreditation, and is Chair of the Awards Committee of Division 17 for 2006.

Joe completed his doctorate and did his internship at the University of Virginia. He is Board Certified in Counseling Psychology, ABPP and in Clinical Psychology, ABPP. He is a Fellow and a former President of the American Academy of Counseling Psychology, a Fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Psychology and is currently Special Liaison to Government and Related Professional Groups and a former Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the Council of Presidents of Psychology Specialty Academies of the American Board of Professional Psychology.