Welcome to Dr. Jeanne Jakob’s Blog

Welcome! I am excited to share inspirational wisdom accumulated from my professional and personal experiences as a seasoned, mid-life, clinical psychologist and mom. I have been passionate about psychology since my teenage years and have maintained a successful private psychotherapy practice since 2012. Each blog post will end with a motivational invitation to readers to support their ongoing efforts in building vibrant, emotionally connected, and meaningful lives. If you want more of my writing, check out my Substack at @insideoutpsychology.

The opinions and writing provided by Dr. Jakob here will not constitute – or serve as a substitute for – professional psychological treatment, therapy, or other professional advice or intervention. Consult a physician or mental health professional if you have concerns about your well-being.

Dr. Jakob receives no outside compensation for any of the resources, tips, apps or media mentioned in this blog.

  • Should Have Known Better…

    Letting Go: An Antidote to the Rearview Mirror and Crystal Ball Habits of the Mind In the year before my father died, Sufjan Stevn's catchy song "Chicago" (featured in the 2006 film Little Miss Sunshine) was on [...]

    Published On: January 19, 2025Categories: Writing

  • So You Want to Become a Psychologist (PhD/PsyD)…

    ➡️ If you are thinking about pursuing a career in psychology and mental health, I offer consulting services to help you make an informed decision. ✅ The training to become a PhD/PsyD psychologist takes 5-7 years [...]

    Published On: September 2, 2024Categories: Writing

  • True Freedom

    Between stimulus and response Happy Independence Day!The 4th of July in America represents many things to many people. Historically, the holiday represents the Second Continental Congress’ unanimous adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, [...]

    Published On: July 4, 2024Categories: Writing

  • YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS = PARENT MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS

    As a Gen X, digital immigrant, psychologist and mom, I think a lot about how our current **information-overloaded, Googling obsessed, social-media-mindless scrolling, click-bait, immediate gratification culture** is contributing to the “YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS” but not [...]

    Published On: June 28, 2024Categories: Writing

  • Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD

    Today is National PTSD Screening Day Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy is one of the gold-standard psychotherapies for PTSD. I provided PE for countless patients as part of my involvement in various NIMH/DOD clinical trials. I treated [...]

    Published On: June 28, 2024Categories: Writing

  • A Clinical Psychologist’s More Than Two Cents: How We Need to Advance the Field of Talk Therapy

    TL;DR➡️➡️For the field of talk therapy to evolve, its influencers (researchers, clinicians) need to (1) move away from promoting their “preferred” therapy orientation models, (2) move away from trying to fit the mental health industry into [...]

    Published On: June 22, 2024Categories: Writing

  • TAKE 10: Trauma/PTSD Therapy

    What TEN ingredients does EFFECTIVE and COMPASSIONATE trauma/PTSD treatment include? The trauma/PTSD therapies that have the most RCT support are Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE), Cognitive Processing Therpay (CPT), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).I became [...]

    Published On: June 4, 2024Categories: Writing

  • Memorial Day 2024 Reflections

    My paternal grandfather was an Army Medic and treated injured soldiers on D-Day (6/6/1944). My father joined ROTC (Air Force) when he was an undergrad English major at the College of the Holy Cross to help [...]

    Published On: May 27, 2024Categories: Writing

  • Healing the Gender Divide

    👩‍❤️‍👨HEALING THE GENDER DIVIDE👩‍❤️‍👨 I love men. I love women. Even more than men and women - I love children. I love boys (I’m raising one) who will become men. I love girls (I’m raising one) [...]

    Published On: May 18, 2024Categories: Writing

  • May 14, 2024 – Grief & Loss (My father)

    John T. Duax

    My late father, John T. Duax, would have turned 78 today. He died from a quick battle with lung cancer at the age of 61. I was 28 years old and in my 3rd year [...]

    Published On: May 14, 2024Categories: Writing

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