Behavioral Medicine Institute

Ted Jones, PhD. is a Knoxville native. He attended Earlham College in Richmond IN. He had a brief stint in Boston University School of Law before deciding on a psychology career. He graduated from the University of Tennessee Knoxville in 1981 with a PhD. in clinical psychology. He worked in a variety of positions at local mental health centers and later spent six years working full-time at the University of Tennessee Medical Center’s substance abuse treatment program. He entered private practice in 1996 and soon after began specializing in pain management and evaluation of addiction risk. He joined the psychology group Behavioral Medicine Institute, P.C. and has been in an on-site office at Pain Consultants of East Tennessee since 2000. He has presented professional programs locally and regionally and has collaborated with staff at Pain Consultants on several professional papers. He is considered the area’s leading psychological expert on pain-addiction issues.