Dr. Jeffrey W. Pollard

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Jeff Pollard received his Ph.D. from The University of Virginia, completing his Clinical Psychology Residency at Eastern Virginia Medical School. He worked as a staff psychologist at Villanova University before becoming Director of Health & Counseling Services at Denison University where he served for 22 years. He then went to the University of West Florida as Director of Counseling & Health Services and Professor of Psychology. He came to George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia during the summer of 2006 as Director of Counseling and Psychological Services. He is a Professor in Mason’s Department of Psychology and a founding member of Mason’s Threat Assessment Team.

Jeff is President of the American Board of Counseling Psychology and is Board Certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). He is a long-time leader in college mental health and has been involved and published in the areas of mandated assessment and treatment for over twenty years. He is also a strong advocate for mental health services and needs on campus and has been a resource to many institutions in the Virginia area as they have developed their threat assessment teams. He is a member of the DC Metro chapter of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals and the National Capital Area Regional Threat Group.

Higher Ed. mental health has been Jeff’s chosen profession for over 30 years. He enjoys teaching and supervising counselors and therapists in-training and is a nationally recognized consultant for campus threat assessment.