Before moving into the world of treating mental health and addiction, Jeremy spent 20 years in the U.S. Navy, primarily in aviation working with helicopters, attack, fighter, and patrol aircraft as an Aircrew Survival Equipmentman (also known as Parachute Riggers) with deployments supporting combat operations in both Afghanistan and Iraq.
After the Navy, Jeremy completed his Bachelors of Science in Psychology and Masters in Counseling Psychology (Mental Health focus) at Chaminade University of Honolulu. As a part of completing his Masters program Jeremy began working with substance abuse due to seeing the link between service member’ self-medicating for trauma and other issues coupled with difficulty obtaining mental health services or as a result of being overprescribed medications during and after their active duty time.
Jeremy carries the belief that the connection between trauma and addiction is thoughts, feelings, emotions, and behaviors and specializes in the complex trauma experienced by our Nation’s Veterans, Military, and First Responders.