Marjorie Jacobs, MA,
CAG Integrative Holistic Health

mljacobs@bu.edu
Training Associate

Areas of Expertise

• Designing, developing, and teaching innovative courses

• Providing supported education and health promotion/wellness counseling and consultations

• Developing resiliency to stress and cultivating optimism

• Using a variety of mind/body/spirituality approaches and expressive arts therapies

• Training health care providers in stress hardiness and mindfulness practices

Marjorie is a lay Dharma teacher at the Greater Boston Buddhist Cultural Center and actively involved in animal-assisted, mental health interventions with her certified therapy dog Micah.

Recent Publications

Jacobs, M. (In press). My personal story of coping. Psychiatric Rehabilitation.

Jacobs, M. (2003). Helping adult learners handle stress. Field Notes, 13(1).

Jacobs, M. & Sousa, C. (2003). Creating a classroom that?s safe for students with PTSD. All Write News, 20(1).

Jacobs, M. (2002). A mind/body learning approach to counseling. Focus on Basics: Connecting Research & Practice, 6 (1).

Jacobs, M. & Yung Dong, Shih. (2002). The short march to wisdom. Hacienda Heights, CA: Buddha Light Publishing.

Jacobs, M. (1997). From the first to the last ash: The history, economics & hazards of tobacco. Cambridge MA: Community Learning Center.