Jeff Thompson, Ph.D.

PUBLISHED! We all deserve to have positive mental health and learn neuroscience-backed ways to enhance our resilience. Let my book help guide you on your path. #warrior21days @Warrior21Days (Coming to Amazon next month) lulu.com/en/us/shop/jef…

While incidents like hostage-taking involve suffering, hope can emerge. My newest @PsychToday article based on my in-progress research. psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beyond…

My latest research! frontiersin.org/journals/space…

@MariannaGrazz Congratulations!! 👏👏👏

Successfully defended my dissertation and can officially close the chapter on school (but not on research of course)! My study looked at the impact of an ACT intervention with young breast cancer survivors on vitality and fear of recurrence, a topic very close to my heart.

“The interview was like an easy yet philosophical discussion with a friend. The questions are thought provoking and the effort taken to respond reminded me of the moments I have forgotten or overlooked and until I was asked to reflect.” From my upcoming NASA Leadership study.

@LauraGib1975 @RaithRovers @brooniee_30 Happy birthday!

Thank you @RaithRovers and @brooniee_30 for making an old girl's 50th birthday even more special! #bestgiftever

“It struck me how much noise we live with every day—internally and externally. It’s easy to miss simple, essential things like water. Today's video didn't spur thoughts of past or future; it brought me into the present.” Via @5DaysOfAwe participant today.

“I love taking a moment away from everything else and truly thinking about what I want to type out. Takes so little time and has such a big impact.” From a participant today taking part in the @5DaysOfAwe. #TheAweProject

Excited for the @NASA Human Research Program Investigators' Workshop: For next few days I'm learning & interacting with space experts on resilience, behavioral health, team dynamics, + more. drive.google.com/file/d/1NiGHZW… #NASAHRP #HRPIWS #IWS25

@LipscombCLPS @LipscombICM Congrats!!

A familiar face at @LipscombICM has joined the college as a full-time faculty member. Please welcome Elizabeth McMillan as an Assistant Professor in Conflict Management. 🌟

Looking forward to the #ENUDoctoralConference24 on Dec 10th. Can’t wait to learn, network, and share my research! #ENUDCC24 Get a preview here via my @PsychToday article: psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beyond…

“Experiences of awe are not determined by how much money you have in your bank account,” Dr. Thompson says. “Awe is accessible to everyone, everywhere, if we’re open to it.” Grateful to be part of this article: self.com/story/health-b…

Thank you ex-NYPD hostage negotiatior @Columbia research psychologist Jeff Thompson for listing the #1 skill to have: “empathy, understanding somebody's perspective, what are they thinking, what are they feeling,  that helps you understand, why are they doing what they're doing”.

Hearing inspiring words from Lt Thomas @AACOPD about the values of peer support and resilience. I’m proud to also share my @ColumbiaPsych work/research along with research by @DrJohnMann @ColumbiaCPTD.

“What a wonderful feeling, when the minutia of our lives is feeling so big and heavy, to remember how tiny we are in this vast universe.” Give @5DaysOfAwe video a go this week (starts with 1-min of breathing first): youtu.be/Lfz1cYbnMUI?si… #TheAweProject #NarrativeMedicine

Good luck to @NYPDnews & @FDNY and a special thanks to @afspnational for working with both teams to #StopSuicide. Earlier in the week both teams attended an AFSP sponsored workshop in partnership with @ColumbiaPsych.

“…hostages seem to get lost as people don’t know a lot about it. It’s close to our hearts now, and we hope that by taking part we can help raise money for Hostage International.” — Philippa Grant More on the great group @hostageus: hostageinternational.org/news/mother-an…

And this one too! “It is not only data that we are receiving when we hear a narrative, it is how we are affected as human beings by the storyteller. The practice and the research are not able to be separated.”

“The narratives we tell about experiences we've had and the meaning we make out of those experiences through the avenue of sharing our stories play into identifying and aligning with our ‘True North’.” (2/2)

“Narratives serve to structure and comprehend life events, recognizing that these accounts are influenced by individual and societal settings.” Excellent reflection from my @lipscomb grad student in the @LipscombICM program. #narrativemedicine #narrativepsychology

And another: “To connect the dots between this paper and Jeff's slide deck from our first in-person class weekend, narratives play an important part in the compass we each develop to help us navigate life, work, relationships, etc. well…” (1/2)