PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Jack Jacobsen, MSW, LCSW offers professional training to psychotherapists in empirically supported couples therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and cognitive behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders. Upcoming trainings are listed below.

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August 2017

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) 2-Day Intensive (St Louis, MO)

Hosted by Gateway Wellness Associates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an evidence-based “third wave” behavioral treatment for depression, anxiety, substance abuse, stress, and numerous other psychological problems. To date it is supported by almost 200 clinical trials (and growing rapidly). ACT teaches people to stop fighting with their difficult thoughts, feelings, sensations, and memories. Instead, they learn to accept them as natural phenomenon, build mindfulness skills, identify core personal values, and commit to behaviors that are consistent with those…

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) 2-Day Intensive (St Louis, MO)

Hosted by Gateway Wellness Associates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an evidence-based “third wave” behavioral treatment for depression, anxiety, substance abuse, stress, and numerous other psychological problems. To date it is supported by almost 200 clinical trials (and growing rapidly). ACT teaches people to stop fighting with their difficult thoughts, feelings, sensations, and memories. Instead, they learn to accept them as natural phenomenon, build mindfulness skills, identify core personal values, and commit to behaviors that are consistent with those…

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Couples Therapy: Developing Evidence-Based Core Competencies (Jefferson City, MO)

National Association of Social Workers, Missouri Chapter. Currently, there are a small handful of couples therapies that are considered evidence-based. Despite the differences between these therapies, research is now pointing to the fact that these therapies may be more similar than dissimilar. Recent advances in the study of couples therapy has identified five common factors (or therapeutic tasks) that are shared by all of the evidence based treatments. As such, it is now possible to use these common factors to…

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September 2017

Couples Therapy: Developing Evidence-Based Core Competencies (Kansas City, MO)

National Association of Social Workers, Missouri Chapter. Currently, there are a small handful of couples therapies that are considered evidence-based. Despite the differences between these therapies, research is now pointing to the fact that these therapies may be more similar than dissimilar. Recent advances in the study of couples therapy has identified five common factors (or therapeutic tasks) that are shared by all of the evidence based treatments. As such, it is now possible to use these common factors to…

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Facilitating Mindful Change: An Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (Jefferson City, MO)

National Association of Social Workers, Missouri Chapter. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a mindfulness-based “third-wave” behavioral therapy that has been shown to be effective in the treatment of a multitude of psychological problems, stress, and physical illness. ACT focuses on increasing psychological flexibility through mindful engagement with valued behaviors. It accomplishes this by teaching people to accept difficult thoughts, feelings, sensations, and memories, building mindfulness skills, identifying core personal values, and committing to behaviors that are consistent with those…

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March 2018

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy – 2 Day Intensive (St. Louis, MO) – Day 1

Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St Louis Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an evidence-based behavioral treatment for depression, anxiety, substance abuse, psychosis, and numerous other psychological problems and stressors. It teaches people to accept difficult thoughts, feelings, sensations, and memories, build mindfulness skills, identify core personal values, and commit to behaviors that are consistent with those values. Participants will learn about the model of psychological flexibility, upon which ACT is based, and engage in basic skill…

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy – 2 Day Intensive (St. Louis, MO) – Day 2

Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St Louis Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an evidence-based behavioral treatment for depression, anxiety, substance abuse, psychosis, and numerous other psychological problems and stressors. It teaches people to accept difficult thoughts, feelings, sensations, and memories, build mindfulness skills, identify core personal values, and commit to behaviors that are consistent with those values. Participants will learn about the model of psychological flexibility, upon which ACT is based, and engage in basic skill…

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October 2018

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy – 2 Day Intensive (St. Louis, MO) – Day 1

Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St LouisAcceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an evidence-based behavioral treatment for depression, anxiety, substance abuse, psychosis, and numerous other psychological problems and stressors. It teaches people to accept difficult thoughts, feelings, sensations, and memories, build mindfulness skills, identify core personal values, and commit to behaviors that are consistent with those values. Participants will learn about the model of psychological flexibility, upon which ACT is based, and engage in basic skill development…

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy – 2 Day Intensive (St. Louis, MO) – Day 2

Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St LouisAcceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an evidence-based behavioral treatment for depression, anxiety, substance abuse, psychosis, and numerous other psychological problems and stressors. It teaches people to accept difficult thoughts, feelings, sensations, and memories, build mindfulness skills, identify core personal values, and commit to behaviors that are consistent with those values. Participants will learn about the model of psychological flexibility, upon which ACT is based, and engage in basic skill development…

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December 2018

Integrative Behavioral Couples Therapy (St. Louis, MO)

IBCT integrates the twin goals of acceptance and change as positive outcomes for couples in therapy. A third generation behavior therapy, IBCT holds that couples who succeed in therapy usually make concrete behavioral changes to accommodate the needs of their partner. However, they also show greater emotional acceptance of each other and a willingness to accept unchangeable aspects of their partner’s personality. This will be a skill building workshop designed to prepare participants to begin implementing IBCT in their own…

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Cooperative Therapy, LLC
412 S Clay Ave, Lower Level
Kirkwood, MO 63122

Association for Contextual Behavioral Science
Integrative Behavior Couple Therapy

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