Steven "Jake" Jacobson, MSSW, LCSW

Office:                Denton

Education:          Masters of Science in Social Work (MSSW)

                            University of Texas at Arlington

License:               Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

Memberships:     National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

                            Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)

                            Collaborative Law Institute of Texas (CLI-TX)

                            Denton County Collaborative Professionals (DCCP)

Practice Interests

1. Collaborative Law - Serving as the communication coach on a interdisciplinary team.

2. Custody Evaluations - called "Social Studies" in Texas.

3. Divorce "Coaching" - Helping divorcing couples or divorced/divorcing individuals manage their divorce, create an effective parenting plan and/or learn to co-parent effectively.

4. Other Clinical Work related to Divorce

See Also...

Divorce Sanity

 

Styles/Philosophies/Theories that Influence my Counseling Style

Cognitive Behavioral

Developmental

Brief/Solution-Focus

 

Most Frequently Recommended Reading for Clients:

How to Want What You Have by Timothy Miller - for everyone

Illusions                                   by Richard Bach   - for everyone

A Prayer for Owen Meany      by John Irving       - for everyone

Joint Custody with a Jerk       by Julie A. Ross & Judy Corcoran - for divorced parents

The Pull of the Moon               by Elizabeth Berg - for women of a certain age

Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus by John Gray - for couples communication

 

"Therapeutic" Movies:

Groundhog Day -for everyone

It’s a Wonderful Life - for everyone

Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure - for... well, maybe that’s just me