Dr. Tony Jackson is a licensed clinical psychologist, board certified in neurofeedback, clinical training director and co-founder of PranaMind, LLC. His clinical experience includes tours with Children’s Hospital-Oakland, New Leaf Treatment Center, Oakland Community Counseling and Sunset Day Treatment Center in San Francisco. He established his teaching career at College of Notre Dame (now Notre Dame de NaMur University) as an assistant professor of psychology and at Skyline College, as an adjunct professor. He earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Health and Multicultural Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley-Alameda campus (renamed Alliant University). Dr. Jackson served as Clinical Training Director for the Therapist In Residency training program (TNR-bay area) and currently serves as clinical supervisor for the Nganga na Dibuti program. As a tenured professor of psychology at Skyline College (Ret.), he formally coordinated the ASTEP (African American Success Through Excellence and Persistence) program. His teaching experience includes various graduate and undergraduate programs in the San Francisco Bay area. Dr. Jackson assisted in developing a handbook for the development of culturally sensitive learning communities as part of the GROWTH (Genuine Rebuilding Opportunities With Technology and Humanity) curriculum as well as in the development of The Adewole Project and the ASTEP Math Academy, at Skyline College. He is co-author of “Psychology: Connections in Theory and Practice 4th ed.” and author of “Black Male Violence in Perspective-Towards an Afrocentric Approach” and the DragonSlayer curriculum for violence prevention/intervention. In addition, he developed and co-directed the first Brain Training and Peak Performance Project along with Dr. Raymond Jones at Skyline College.
Dr. Jackson brings a wealth of therapeutic experience including working with families, couples, children, group therapy, treatment of seriously mentally ill patients, working with troubled teens, treatment of drug addiction and complex trauma. His research interests and clinical experience also include treatment with a focus on psycho-nutrition (the use of optimal nutrition to stimulate mental and physical health and healing) and brain technologies. Dr. Jackson is a member (and past President) of the Bay Area Chapter of the Association of Black Psychologists, the International Association of Functional Neurology and Behavioral Rehabilitation, the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback and the American Psychological Association.
He serves on the boards of several community-focused organizations including the African American Health and Wellness Steering Committee for Alameda County, The Love Not Blood Campaign and the Alameda Alliance for Health Peer Review and Credentialing Committee. He believes in the strength and ability of culture and the community to heal. Dr. Jackson’s sources of inspiration are his family, his love of music and his ongoing thirst for the application of knowledge.
