Available Topics:  Abuse, Marriage, Mental Illness, Parenting, Personal and Family Wellness

  Larry Jacobson
Mr. Jacobson is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a National Certified Counselor with 30 years of experience in the counseling profession. He currently has a full-time counseling practice in Ogden specializing in marriage, family and adolescent issues. He also does extensive work with those struggling with various kinds of addictions, anger management, anxiety and depression.  

Mr. Jacobson worked for LDS Family Services for 25 years in California, South Dakota and Utah. He served as the Agency Director in the South Dakota, Ogden and Farmington Utah Agencies and as an Administrative Assistant at the Headquarters office in Salt Lake City. He took early retirement at the end of 1999 and opened a private practice.

Active in state and community affairs for many years, Mr. Jacobson is a past president of the Utah Counseling Association, the Utah Adoption Council and has been a lobbyist at the Utah State Legislature. He has also served a term on the State Licensing Board for Professional Counselors and as president of the North Ogden Kiwanis Club. He has worked as a volunteer on the administrative staff of Mental Health Resource Foundation since 2001.

An active member of the LDS Church, Mr. Jacobson has served in various callings, including bishop and counselor in two mission presidencies. He is currently serving as a High Councilor in the North Ogden Utah Stake. He and his wife, Marilyn, have five children and thirteen grandchildren.

Abuse

Understanding and Dealing With Emotional Abuse in Marriage and Families
The most prevalent form of abuse in marriages and families---and the least protected by law---is verbal and emotional abuse.  The presenter focuses on the dynamics and causes of such abuse, explores effective ways to overcome it and how to protect against it.  He presents this sensitive topic in a positive and interactive way.

Marriage

Marriage: Fun or Failure--- Your Choice
After you have been married for awhile, it can become easy to take your partner for granted and forget the little things that brought your marriage together in the first place.  This lively, interactive presentation focuses on positive, fun things you can do to revitalize your marriage relationship.

Mental Illness

The Three 'R's: Recognizing, Reckoning With or Referring
This presentation is intended for LDS Ecclesiastical leaders on how to recognize emotional and psychological problems among church members and then knowing when to handle them themselves or when to refer to the professionals.  Having served as a bishop and in other leadership positions, the presenter understands and emphasizes the importance of inspiration and discernment in the process.
 

Raising Teenagers Successfully---Or Are They Raising You?
Parents have to be “in charge” when raising their children and learn to rule with an “iron hand in a velvet glove,” as the saying goes.  Learn how teenagers think and operate, developmentally, how to relate to them in positive ways, and then how to motivate them to do what they “ought to do” as much as those things they “want to do.”

Personal and Family Wellness

Building a Two-year Supply of Social, Emotional and Spiritual Strength
So much is taught in the LDS Church about getting a two-year supply of food, clothing and other physical essentials.  What about preparing ourselves socially, emotionally (or psychologically) and spiritually?  This presentation gives practical and straight forward advice of how to prepare for and how to cope during times of crisis.