Owner, Princeton Counseling and Psychotherapy | Clinical Director, Breaktide
Dr. Joseph Keifer received his doctorate in psychology (PsyD) from the Institute of Graduate Clinical Psychology at Widener University with a concentration in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy/Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (CBT/ACT) and Health Psychology. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship at the Aaron T. Beck Psychopathology Research Center, under the guidance of Aaron T. Beck and Paul Grant, within the University of Pennsylvania.
Joe currently works in private practice seeing clients with serious mental health challenges. He also serves as the clinical director at Breaktide, a practice dedicated to providing highly individualized, evidence-based, and specialized treatments.
He is interested in utilizing Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy (CT-R) to support and collaborate with nurses and other medical providers to help individuals with serious mental illness to achieve a life of their choosing. He has developed presentations on Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy and its implementation by nurses for national and state nursing conferences.
Before pursuing his doctorate in psychology, Dr. Keifer worked as a registered nurse. As a nurse, he worked in the fields of critical care, acute psychiatric services, and detox nursing. Joe also teaches a graduate level course, Cognitive-Behavioral Strategies in Healthcare, for nurse practitioner students at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.
In addition to being a therapist, Joe likes to run, race triathlons, and climb mountains. He is a three-time Ironman finisher and has competed in the USA Triathlon National Championships. He also enjoys music, cooking, and movies.