

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


CBT for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) for Adults (July)

2-Day CBT for Anxiety and OCD in Children & Adolescents (July 2025)

CBD and Medical Marijuana: Making Sense of Cannabinoids and Medicine (July 2025)

Emotion-Savvy Parenting: Help Parents Skillfully Navigate Emotional Storms and Deepen Connection (August 2025)

Applying the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide in Clinical Practice and Prevention (July 2025)

Treating Health Anxiety with Exposure-Based CBT (July 2025)

Trauma-Informed Guilt Reduction Therapy (TrIGR) for Moral Injury, Guilt, and Shame (June 2025)

Understanding and Assessing Moral Injury among Trauma-Exposed Clients (May 2025)

The Neurobiology of Trauma and Its Application to Successful Treatment (September 2025)

Cultivating Cultural Humility in Counseling: Addressing Four Roadblocks to Counselor Growth (June 2025)

Show and Tell: Creative Intervention Demonstrations for Exposure-Based CBT with Children Facing Anxiety and OCD Challenges

Examining the Anatomy of Couple Relationships: Research and Interventions for Couples in Conflict (September 2025)

4-Day Intensive Workshop: Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy for OCD (June 2025)

Introduction to Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (May 2025)

Ethical Considerations in Couple and Family Therapy

2-Day Workshop: Contemporary Practices in the Treatment of Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs) (July 2025)

4-Day Intensive Workshop: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Theory and Practice (June 2025)

Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) (May 2025)

Level 1 Clinical Training: Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Bridging the Couple Chasm (November 2025)

Transcending Trauma (April 2025)

Special Topics in Couples Therapy: Rebuilding Trust (May 2025)

Identifying the Lost Generation of Autistic Adults

A Neuroaffirming Approach to Treating OCD for Autism, ADHD, and Sensory Processing Disorder using I-CBT (May 2025)

Strategies for Integrating Traditional and Strengths-Based Approaches to Suicide

Mindfully Increasing Awareness: Coping with Vicarious Trauma, Burnout and Compassion Fatigue (May 2025)

2-Day Intensive Workshop: Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT for PTSD) (May 2025)

Watch, Children at Play: An Introduction to Play Therapy (May 2025)

Maternal Rage: Implications & Interventions (May 2025)

Post-Traumatic Growth: Deepening Skills to Help Clients Heal (May 2025)

Trauma Assessment Basics: Foundational Steps to Comprehensively Assess Trauma Symptoms for Effective Treatment Planning

Inference-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for OCD (April 2025)

Implementing CBT + Motivational Interviewing for Adolescent ADHD: The STAND Model (April 2025)

Introduction to Internal Family Systems

Is It Love or Is It Addiction?

Mindfulness Modalities to Combat Burnout in the Helping Profession (May 2025)

2-Day Intensive Workshop: DBT Skills (April 2025)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (June 2025)

DBT for PTSD (May 2025)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (March 2025)

Introduction to CBT-I (April 2025)

4-Day Intensive Workshop: CBT for Anxiety Disorders and Depression (April 2025)

Habit Reversal Training for Skin-Picking & Hair-Pulling (April 2025)

Exposure Based CBT for Social Anxiety Disorder (April 2025)

CBT for Depression and Suicidality (April 2025)

Practical Use of Motivational Interviewing for Patients with Anxiety (March 2025)

CBT for Chronic Pain (March 2025)

Integrating Couple Therapy and Addiction Recovery: A Simultaneous Approach (April 2025)

5 Day Intensive: EMDR Training: Integrating EMDR into your Clinical Practice (March-April 2025)

ON DEMAND: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies for Social Anxiety Disorder: An Integrative Strategy

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

Top Five Ethical & Legal Hazards in Private Practice Settings

Inference-based Cognitive behavioral therapy (I-CBT) Training for OCD

Event: Monthly OCD Consultation Group
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