Dr. Peter Coffey
St. Luke's Hospital
PETER “CHIP” COFFEY is the Director of Therapy Services for St. Luke’s Behavioral Health in Phoenix
AZ. He is the clinical director of St. Luke’s outpatient clinics as well as the director for the inpatient social
services department. He has 20 plus years of experience in the treatment of mental illness and chemical
dependency. He has appeared on the A&E television show “Intervention” and appears frequently on local
television stations and in print media on mental health and substance abuse issues. Chip has intensively
studied and trained in cognitive behavioral treatment and is an ardent supporter of their use in treatment of
substance abuse and mental illness. Chip received his Masters degree in Professional Counseling and a
Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in Marriage and Family Therapy from Ottawa University. He is a
state Licensed Professional Counselor as well as a Nationally Certified Counselor. Additionally, Chip has
certified through the Albert Ellis Institute in Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy and holds multiple
certifications in hypnosis. Chip’s approach to treatment and in his own life is that thinking controls behavior
and that by taking charge of our thinking we can take charge of our lives.