Meet the Director and Faculty

John Jankord
Instructor

Phone: (612) 532-7779
jjankord@mn.rr.com

John’s areas of client interest include working with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families from a Collaborative, Solution-Focused, and Narrative Orientation. His clinical experience has included consultation for the challenges and influences of anxiety, depression, premarital and prepartner counseling, marital and relational conflict, divorce, post divorce mediation, domestic violence, sexual abuse, sexual compulsivity, compulsive gambling, substance abuse, recovery after sobriety, and life transitions. John received formal training at the Hazelden Center For Youth & Families with a focus on Chemical Dependency and related recovery concerns; the Cornerstone Therapy and Recovery Center with a focus on sexual compulsivity related issues of men; and Hamline Law and Graduate School for training as a Family Law Mediator through the Center for Dispute Resolution. He has offered parenting skills training using the STEP method and has conducted numerous workshops for couples with relational concerns. During the summer, John co-teaches seniors and graduate students at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work and is an Adjunct Instructor in the Post Graduate Studies program for Marriage & Family Therapy. With an interest in writing, John contributed to the book "When Men Grieve" with a section on "Bitterness”.

Additionally, John providea supervision as a MN Board Approved Supervisor for those pursuing licensure as MFT or LPC.