Derrick Jack, MSW Therapist, strengths coach, trainer
I am Derrick Jack. Over twenty years in the field, ten of them as a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach. I take the big, complicated ideas about values and human potential and turn them into clear, everyday actions a person can hang their hat on.
Most of what I do comes down to that.
01 / The work
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For individuals, couples, and families
A place to work out what is happening, build skills that hold up on a bad week, and decide what comes next. I have done this work in emergency rooms, living rooms, group rooms, and an outpatient office, with people at every stage of it.
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For people and the leaders of teams
Ten years of CliftonStrengths work. In practice that means giving a person or a team a shared language for what they do naturally well, then putting that language to use in real decisions. Coaching is not therapy, and if what you need is treatment I will tell you that.
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For teams, clinics, and organizations
Keynotes, workshops, and clinical training built around the work your people do day to day. I have run these for corporate teams, university departments, and care staff. The aim is a short list of things a room will still be using a month later.
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Twenty years, across eight kinds of room. The job did not change from one to the next: work out what is going on, and what a person can do about it.
Whatever room you are in right now, I have probably sat in one like it.
03 / How I work
Big ideas about values and human potential are worth something only when a person can carry them out of the room. So the work stays plain, and it ends with a next step small enough to survive a hard week.
What is happening, what matters to you, and what you would like to be different. We talk it through first.
Patterns, strengths, history, and circumstances. Often what is in the way turns out to be different from what brought you in.
Clear, everyday, and specific enough to do on Monday, including the weeks that go badly.
04 / On technology
I am focused on the practical and ethical use of generative AI in clinical work. The useful part is narrow: it can take administrative weight off the people carrying it. Clinical judgment stays with the clinician.
That means bridging old-fashioned clinical grit and new-school efficiency: a structured, sustainable way of working where the paperwork takes less of the hour and the relationship takes more of it.
Clear off the desk, so the people doing the work can get back to the work that matters.
05 / Who you would be talking to
I have spent my career helping folks navigate corporate boardrooms at one end and crisis stabilization at the other. Training a business team or sitting across from a client in the consulting room, the lesson comes back the same: the best tools are the ones that work when the world gets loud.
I earned my Master of Social Work at Spalding University and my bachelor’s in psychology at Ball State. Since 2015 I have also worked with leaders and teams as a strengths consultant and trainer through Jack Fundamentals.
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06 / Before you reach out
Send a short message. Tell me whether you are asking about clinical services, coaching, or something for your team, and we will sort out the right next step from there.
No. Coaching works on strengths, development, and goals. Clinical services address mental health and treatment needs, and the difference matters for what you are signing up for. When you reach out we will get clear on which one you are looking for before anything gets scheduled.
Ask me directly. Those depend on the service and the format, so a number posted here would not hold for every situation. Tell me yours and I will give you a straight answer.
Yes. That work has included corporate teams, university departments, and clinical staff. Send me what your team is up against and what you want to be different afterward, and I will tell you whether I am the right fit.
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07 / Your next step
A couple of sentences about what is going on, or what your team needs, is enough to start with. You do not have to have it worked out before you write.
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