Ed E. Jacobs is associate professor and coordinator of the Master's Counseling Program at West Virginia University, where he has taught group counseling for the last 35 years. In the last 30 years, Dr. Jacobs has presented more than 150 group counseling workshops throughout the United States and Canada. He is a fellow in the Association for Specialists in Group Work and received the Professional Development Award from the Association for Specialists in Group Work in 2003.