Comprehensive Psychological: Kocherhans Jeff C PHD 1208 East 3300 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84106

"I feel so comfortable talking to him and he gives great feedback. I feel like I’m learning something at each session."

"Watch out before spending your money and time! Remember two popular TV and Movie scenes 1. Old School: When the Will Ferrell character is told by the therapist that the office is a "trust tree or love next where everything can be shared safely" until his wife attacks him shortly after making his opening comment? Or 2. Two and Half Men: When Alan Harper describes to Charlie his marital counseling experience as "Oh, it's horrible! Once a week you sit on a couch knowing that any comment you make will result in your testicles being sniped off. But it's worth it, because you're paying a stranger to watch while your life goes down the toilet" If you are looking for, what seems to be a very nice person to talk to, Jeff might lend a good ear. And I am sure he leverages some of his educational background at times. However in my case, Jeff wasn't helpful, and even violated some of the very confidentiality agreements he had me sign when I engaged him. In 2021 my wife and I engaged Jeff for some support. We both completed an intake document describing the issues. There was no text block on the form, so I took advantage of the open text to lay everything out for him. NOTE: From past counseling experiences, I realized that the first 5+ meetings are typically "fact finding" for the psychologist at $150 per hour. I was doing anything I could to reduce the expensive ramp up time and get to business. Within the first 5 meetings with Jeff, and before I stepped out of the relationship, Jeff: 1. Came to one meeting 10 minutes late 2. Came to all of the five meetings unprepared, and took 5 minutes (while we sat in front of him on his couch) to stare and page through his last session's notes in order to have something to add 3. Openly criticized my initial attempt to give him more than enough data to accelerate the process....right in front of my spouse. He expressed his amazement and distain for me providing him with more than double what other's had provided. 4. And reviewed my entire confidential intake document with my wife the session after I discontinued these sessions. My wife informed me, more than a year later, that he not only showed her my confidential document while walking her through each bullet of content, BUT he also characterized my efforts as a CLEAR indication that I had some significant issues with control issues. Yes, I will give it to him, I was trying to control the process...accelerate. And yes, I was trying to hold Jeff accountable for being up to speed on our previous meeting prior to sitting in front of us. But even today, my wife says "it was not appropriate for me to blame you for being overly controlling based on Jeff's diagnosis after five meetings with you" The results of Jeff's actions in violating our confidentiality agreement and sharing my PRIVATE input into our counseling sessions with my wife (with me NOT present to defend my perspectives and actions), resulted in 5+ months of pain for me in trying to navigate vindictive waters, a marriage that was only saved by the two of us untangling the mess of advise we received from Jeff, and the help of another very qualified psychologist to help my wife consider BOTH of our perspectives and intentions in putting forth actions to help save our marriage. In summary, he seems like a nice person. If you are looking for a nice guy to talk to...go for it. But, in my opinion, watch out - from my perspective he was immediately biased towards my wife, he was late or just under the wire for some of our appointments, and he came unprepared to every meeting. And, if that wasn't bad enough, he violated confidentiality in sharing my personal information directly with my wife after I had formally left the counseling relationship, resulting in significant harm to my marriage. I hope this helps you in your search."