Jeff Riggenbach

Jeff Riggenbach, PhD is a best selling/award winning author and an international speaker on the topic of cognitive therapy, personality functioning, and dealing with "difficult" people. He has spoken in all 50 United States, and is on faculty of educational institutes in Canada, Australia, the UK, and South Africa. In total he has trained over 15,000 people world wide. Dr. Riggenbach has devoted the first 20 years of his career to helping people change their thinking and behavior, with specific expertise in Cognitive Therapy and Personality functioning. In addition to developing and directing treatment programs in psychiatric hospitals and outpatient clinics for people with depression, anxiety, substance use disorders, and personality disorders, his trainings are second to none. Jeff has a gift for taking evidence-based concepts and conveying them in a way that have application for a wide range of audiences facing a wide range of challenges. His current project, The Counseling and Coaching Card Deck, represents an outside the box way for practitioners of all kinds to introduce these concepts to their clients. Individuals can also use these on their own at home and don't need a professional present in the room to benefit! In recent years, he has expanded his work to speaking, coaching, and writing to general and corporate audiences as well as clinical providers. Dr. Riggenbach is a diplomat with the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, a speaker/trainer/coach with The John Maxwell Team and a certified behavioral consultant through Personality Insights.