Talia Jackson

Dr. Talia Jackson has been a Licensed Psychologist in a Minneapolis based private practice for the last 18 years. Her practice is geared towards adults and couples struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, and relationship issues. She also works with couples of all kinds; including those identifying anywhere along the gender and sexuality continuum, as well as interracial, intercultural, and interfaith couples wanting to improve their insight and communication around sensitive issues.

As a psychologist, Dr. Jackson evaluates and treats patients through several complimentary methods, most typically a combination of psychodynamic therapy using one's primary family of origin relationships to explain problematic interpersonal dynamics and behaviors in one's current life, as well as science backed cognitive behavioral therapy teaching patients to become aware of their unconscious reactions and limiting beliefs in order to reframe old unproductive thought patterns, as well as the use of mindfulness to allow for a more compassionate and joyful worldview. Dr. Jackson has also recently become a Clinical Supervisor for pre-licensed mental health practitioners.

Dr. Jackson clinical training and expertise was through a variety of settings. At UCSF’s AIDS Health Project, she had the honor of working with men diagnosed with HIV/AIDS using Hannah Levenson’s Time Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy, the University Counseling Centers such as Stanford University, University of San Francisco, and Augsburg College in Minneapolis, working with the student population honing her skills in solution-focused work and educating young adults about mental health and the importance of self-care, and finally, a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at the St. Paul based non-profit community mental health center, the Hamm Clinic, to deepen her practice with intensive psychodynamic training.

A more recent passion and career pivot for Dr. Jackson has been to team up with her colleague and seasoned clinician, Doug Jensen, creating content for and hosting a conversational, educational and entertaining podcast called We’re Not Fine, focusing on the interplay of mental health and relationships. They bring lightness and humor to complicated but relatable struggles of the human experience; loneliness, jealousy, mental illness, dating, marriage and more!