Jayson Blair, Certified Life Coach and Managing Partner

Jayson Blair is a certified life coach and the managing partner of Goose Creek Consulting. Jayson is a nationally known mental health writer and consultant. He is the founder and the former executive director of the Depression Bipolar Support Alliance of Northern Virginia.

Jayson, who has bipolar disorder, wrote about his illness in a 2004 autobiography. He has years of experience working with individuals with mental illnesses, their loved ones, support groups and others in outpatient and inpatient care settings. He has also worked as a career coach, helping high school students, college students and adults formulate and achieve their career goals. His specialties include helping others with career problems, bipolar disorder, depression, schizoaffective disorder, attention deficit disorder, Asperger syndrome, substance abuse problems and anxiety. He also has experience working with individuals with mental disabilities, eating disorders, sexual abuse, posttraumatic stress disorder and other conditions. Some of his other interests include career testing and transition, executive functioning, managemen t of triggers in mood disorders and substance abuse, psychopharmacology, crisis intervention and peer support.

Prior to founding Goose Creek, Jayson was a certified life coach at Ashburn Psychological Services and the executive director of the Depression Bipolar Support Alliance of Northern Virginia He was a member of the Regional Recovery Workgroup, a state government sponsored group focused on improving mental health services in Northern Virginia. He has helped facilitate support groups, helped create peer-to-peer outreach programs and helped sponsor mental health related educational programs. Jayson has spoken on mental health related issues at Washington & Lee University, Winston-Salem State University, Roosevelt University, Columbia College of Chicago and several other universities. He is presently working on a book about bipolar disorder with a clinical psychologist and writes a blog on mental health issues at blogspot.jaysonblair.com. For more information about Jayson’s work, you can access this vide from WebMD TV.

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