Sid Jacobson, Ph.D. was one of the early Certified Trainers by the Society of NLP. Early
on he carved out his specialties in the areas of education, training, and writing, in
addition to psychotherapy applications, using the latest technology from the rapidly
advancing field of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. He has worked as a researcher,
trainer, and consultant to professionals, hospitals, schools, clinics, businesses, and
professional athletes. As well as serving on several local boards of directors he served as
the 1995-1996 Director of the Neuro-Linguistics Forum in the American Society of
Training & Development, internationally.
Sid is the author of five books and the co-author of another, as well as many papers &
articles on NLP. Sid is considered to be an expert in the application of NLP to education
and training, psychotherapy and communication skills. He has been training professionals
for over 30 years.
He holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from The Professional School of Psychological
Studies, as well as a Masters in Social Work from Tulane University, where he also did
his undergraduate work in psychology.
Sid currently consults and trains throughout the US, South America, Canada, Europe and
Asia. He has worked extensively in Singapore and Malaysia, where he has been
conducting a wide variety of training, design and consulting services for over twenty
years. These include in-house NLP training programs for major corporations like
Singapore Airlines, Western Digital and Yokogawa Electric in addition to government
agencies like the National Computer Board, Housing Development Board, Trade
Development Board, Service Quality Centre, Land Transport Authority and the Ministry
of Health. He has also worked with many local schools in Singapore, Polytechnics and
Universities, banks, hospitals and social service agencies. He has also worked extensively
in Canada, the UK and South America as well as throughout the United States. In the US
he has worked with many small businesses and organizations and large ones including
Jackson National Life Insurance, DuPont Pharmaceuticals, Habitat for Humanity, Shell,
ConocoPhillips, Maersk Sealand, Case New Holland, SAP, Intel, Applied Materials in
addition to schools, government bodies, universities, banks, hospitals and social service
agencies.
He is a training consultant with Integrative Learning in Singapore, HRI International in
Shanghai, Mind Master in Bucharest, NLP University in Santa Cruz and other NLP
Institutes all over the world.
Sid lives just outside New Orleans with his wife Cindi Lanza Jacobson.