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26 years of military service Jay Farris joined Life
Christian Counseling Network as a therapist working
with individuals and couples. Jay has a tremendous amount
of experience in leadership, arbitration and mediation,
mentoring, team building, crisis management, mediation
and arbitration, marriage and family therapy, as well
as cognitive and behavior therapy. God has uniquely
prepared Jay through his extensive life, work, ministry
and educational experiences to provide support and guidance
to those working toward reconciliation, healing, and
the development of life skills that free them to experience
and share the hope, love, joy, peace and purpose that
God intends for them.
As a military veteran who served in
Iraq, Jay has personal knowledge of the special challenges
our military veterans and their families endure. Jay
has served the Lord as a Gideon, in numerous church
leadership positions, in prison ministry through Prison
Fellowship, and within the community as a coach of youth
sports teams. Jay earned a Bachelor’s degree in
Criminology and a Minor degree in Psychology from Florida
State University, a Master of Arts degree in Criminal
Justice from Michigan State University, and a Master
of Science degree in Counseling from Capital Bible Seminary
located in Lanham, Maryland.
Jay has earned the following certifications:
Certified Christian Family Mediator through the American
Association of Christian Counselors (AACC); Certified
Human Behavioral Consultant and Certified Human Behavioral
Studies-Trainer Provider through the Insights Institute
in Atlanta, Georgia. He has also received training from
the Beck Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in
Cognitive Behavior Therapy for emotional disorders,
personality disorders, treatment of children and adolescents,
and persons suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD). Jay has also been trained in arbitration and
mediation at the University of Southern California (USC)
and crisis intervention training at Florida State University.
Jay is a husband of 36 years, a father
of three married children, a father-in-law and grandfather.
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