About Robert Jackson: Training, Credentials, and Therapeutic Approach
Choosing a therapist is a deeply personal decision. Beyond credentials and experience, many people want to know how a therapist works, what guides their approach, and whether they’ll feel understood in the room.
This post offers a deeper look at Robert Jackson’s training, clinical background, and therapeutic philosophy, so you can decide whether working together feels like the right fit.
A Thoughtful, Relationship-Centered Approach to Therapy
Robert Jackson is a licensed therapist in San Francisco, CA, with advanced training in evidence-based, emotion-focused, and attachment-based approaches to therapy. His work centers on helping individuals and couples understand the emotional patterns that shape their relationships, reactions, and sense of self.
Rather than focusing solely on surface-level behaviors or quick fixes, Robert’s approach is grounded in curiosity, emotional safety, and collaboration. Therapy is a space to slow things down, make sense of what’s happening beneath the surface, and create meaningful, lasting change.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT)
Robert is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), which means his training emphasizes not only individual mental health, but also relationships, emotional systems, and the ways people influence one another.
A core influence in Robert’s work is Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and related attachment-based approaches. These models are well-researched and widely used for both individual and relationship therapy. Here’s a list of his related credentials:
Certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy Core Skills Training
EFCT Fundamentals – Jamie Bachman
EFCT Beyond Core Skills Levels 1 and 2 – Jamie Bachman
EFCT Core Skills (Assistant)
EFT Externship (Assistant)
EFCT Triage Support Group
EFCT Navigating the Rapids: Working with Differences
EFCT Success in Vulnerability – On Demand Learning Program
Unbroken Bonds: Working with Betrayal in EFT
Working with Neurodiverse Couples using EFCT
NCCEFT Training: ADHD and EFCT
NCCEFT Training: EFCT and Polyvagal Theory and Shame
NCCEFT Training: Ketamine Assisted EFCT
NUEFT Training: Anxiety and EFCT
NUEFT Training: Polyvagal Theory and EFCT
Colorado EFT Training: Polyamory and EFT
Boulder EFT Training: Addiction and EFT
Pittsburgh EFT Training: Working with Pursuers
EFT Continuing Education and Advanced Practice (NCCEFT and ICEEFT)
ICEEFT Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy Level 1
NCCEFT Quarterly Trainings including:
Working with Reactive Behaviors
EFCT and Returning to the Basics
EFCT and Deliberate Practice
Cultural Humility and Tango Moves
Stress, Attachment, and Tango Moves
Context is a Thing
Self, EFCT, Culture, and Race
Compulsive Behaviors in EFCT
Trauma, Attachment, and Dissociation
Trauma and Couple Therapy
Jamie Bachman: Safer Together – Structural Dissociation and Trauma
Janina Fisher: Shame and Self Loathing
Deb Dana: Quest for Connection – A Polyvagal Approach
NUEFT Training: Trauma and EFIT
GH Training: Dissociative Identity Disorder
AEDP Immersion
AEDP Essential Skills
AEDP Advanced Skills: Portrayals
AEDP At the Core Weekly Training
Assistant for AEDP Immersion
Internal Family Systems and Experiential Approaches
Intro to Internal Family Systems – Grateful Heart
Internal Family Systems Inner Circle Program
Enneagram and Personality Informed Therapy
Enneagram Workshop
Enneagram and the Helping Profession
Family and Systems Based Therapy
Emotionally Focused Family Therapy Training
Psychoanalytic and Assessment Based Training
Psychoanalytic Couples Therapy – San Francisco Marriage and Couples Center
Nancy McWilliams: Psychoanalytic Personality Assessment
Neurodiversity, ADHD, and Autism
PESI ADHD Provider Certification
MCAMFT Training: Hidden Differences and Autism
Working with Neurodiverse Couples
Couples, Relationship, and Practice Specific Training
Love Made Simple Couples Workshop (Assistant)
Divorce Options for Couples Considering Divorce
Couples Therapy Billing and Documentation
Ethics, Law, and Professional Development
Telehealth Law and Ethics – San Francisco CAMFT
Law and Ethics of AI in Mental Healthcare
CAMFT Annual Conference
Serving Individuals & Couples In San Francisco, Marin County & Throughout California
Robert works with clients via telehealth in San Francisco, Marin County, and the surrounding Bay Area, where many people juggle high expectations, demanding work environments, and complex relationship dynamics.
His approach is well-suited to individuals and couples navigating:
High stress and emotional burnout
Relationship challenges in fast-paced environments
Dating and intimacy concerns
Long-standing emotional patterns that feel difficult to change
Robert also works with clients throughout the state of California through accessible, secure teletherapy.
