Jacob M. Appel
Jacob M. Appel MD JD MPH is Director of Ethics Education in Psychiatry and Assistant Director of the Academy for Medicine & the Humanities at the Icahn School of Medicine, and an emergency room psychiatrist in the Mount Sinai Health System. He is the author of nineteen books of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, including a compendium of ethical conundrums drawn from medicine and healthcare (Who Says You're Dead?) He is co-chair of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry's Committee on Law & Psychiatry and a judge for the National Book Critics Circle Awards.
Current Course Offerings
2-Day Workshop: Evidence-Based Treatments for Eating Disorders (February 2025)
Introduction to Eating Disorders (January 2025)
Integrating Couple Therapy and Addiction Recovery: A Simultaneous Approach (April 2025)
The Disordered Eating Spectrum: An Expanded View of Relationship with Food (March 2025)
Ethical Considerations in Couple and Family Therapy (February 2025)
2-Day Workshop: Contemporary Practices in the Treatment of Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs) (February 2025)
5 Day Intensive: EMDR Training: Integrating EMDR into your Clinical Practice (March-April 2025)
RO DBT for Overcontrol, Perfectionism and Rigid Behaviors (January 2025)
Identifying the Lost Generation of Autistic Adults (January 2025)
Level 1 Clinical Training: Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Bridging the Couple Chasm (February 2025)
ON DEMAND: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies for Social Anxiety Disorder: An Integrative Strategy
Trauma Assessment Basics: Foundational steps to comprehensively assess trauma symptoms for effective treatment planning (January 2025)
Strategies for Integrating Traditional and Strengths-Based Approaches to Suicide (January 2025)
4-Day Intensive Workshop: Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy for OCD (December 2024)
Transforming Trauma with Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFCT) (November 2024)
Implementing CBT + Motivational Interviewing for Adolescent ADHD: The STAND Model (December 2024)
The Neurobiology of Trauma and Its Application to Successful Treatment (January 2025)
Emotional Eating: Identifying and Treating Clients Using Your Own Modality (January 2025)
The Different Types of Sex Addiction and When “Shades of Gray” Become Problematic (January 2025)
Recognizing and Addressing Signs of the Most Common Addictions of Highly Successful People (Where Most Addiction Exists) (December 2024)
Multicultural Competence and Emotional Intelligence in the Therapeutic and Supervisory Relationship: An Ethical Imperative for Professionals (November 2024)
Assessment in Couples Therapy: How to Set up an Effective Intervention
DBT Intensive Part 5: Using DBT tools in Individual Therapy
DBT Intensive Part 4: Mindfulness, Conceptualization, and Diverse DBT Applications
DBT Intensive Part 3: Emotion Regulation and Interpersonal Effectiveness
DBT Intensive Part 2: Distress Tolerance and Safety Planning
DBT Intensive Part 1: Foundation, Model, and Culturally Responsive DBT
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Anxiety Disorders
Introduction to Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
The Empty Chair: A Healing Dialogue
Top Five Ethical & Legal Hazards in Private Practice Settings
Inference-based Cognitive behavioral therapy (I-CBT) Training for OCD
2-Day Intensive Workshop: Prolonged Exposure for PTSD (November 2024)
4-Day Intensive Workshop: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Theory and Practice (December 2024)
Top Five Ethical & Legal Hazards in Private Practice Settings (December 2024)
FREE OCD Awareness Month
Mindfulness Modalities to Combat Burnout in the Helping Profession (November 2024)
Event: Monthly OCD Consultation Group
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