Dr. Tom Jackson is a caring and compassionate psychiatrist with over twenty years of experience. He treats a wide variety of mental health conditions including, but not limited to, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and ADHD in adults, adolescents and children.
Dr. Jackson attended Northwestern University School of Medicine (ranked among the top 20 medical schools in the United States) and completed his psychiatric specialty training at the University of California at Irvine. His broad range of professional experience along with a wide range of study and interests allow him to provide a highly personalized and comprehensive approach to each of his patients.
Past experience includes in-patient treatment and out-patient treatment in a variety of settings. He practiced emergency psychiatry for 10 years. He was Medical director of a substance abuse clinic, a day-treatment center and several out-patient clinics including Tri-City Mental Health Center where he supervised a staff of 10 psychiatrists. While in that position he was Director of Clinical Psychiatric Training for the Family Practice Resident Physicians at the Pomona Valley Medical Center. In addition he set up one of the earliest tele-psychiatry programs, receiving both State and National awards for innovation in treatment.
Dr. Jackson has over ten years of experience in private practice. During this time he has achieved 4.7/5 star ratings from both the Vitals and Health Grades rating websites. In addition, he has received a number of Vitals Awards:
Compassionate Doctor Recognition Award (2015, 2017, 2018)
A Compassionate Doctor certification is granted to physicians who treat their patients with the utmost kindness. The honor is granted based on a physician's overall and bedside manner scores.
On Time Doctor Award (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018)
Vitals On-Time + Promptness Award recognizes doctors with consistent high ratings for timeliness of appointments. The honor is granted based on a physician's overall and promptness scores.
Patient’s Choice Award (2015, 2017, 2018)
Patients' Choice recognition reflects the difference a particular physician has made in the lives of his/her patients. The honor is bestowed to physicians who have received near perfect scores, as voted by patients.
One of the best ways to assess a physician is to read reviews that patients have taken the time to share on these websites. If you read Dr. Jackson’s reviews you are likely to find them inspiring and heart-warming.
Dr. Jackson’s past and present hobbies and area of pursuit include medicinal herbs, dietary supplements, martial arts, bodywork, therapeutic applications of sound, hypnosis, hiking, sailing, and futurism (the exponentially increasing impact of information technology on scientific progress and our daily lives). He is an author, inventor (holds 2 U.S. patents), musician, poet, videographer and audio engineer. Dr. Jackson moved to La Quinta a while ago after having lived in the mountain town of Idyllwild for 16 years.
Petra Schoning, LMFT is an employee of Desert View Health. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, as well as, a Board Certified Personal and Executive Coach. They make a great therapeutic team and their love for their work has created a uniquely comfortable and healing atmosphere.
Partly as a result of Dr. Jackson’s rather eclectic background, he has developed a series of therapeutic audio programs for the treatment of sleep disorders and anxiety using a remarkable 3D sound technology. Dr. Jackson readily gives these programs to his patients as part of his treatment approach. He has developed one series of programs for adults and another series for children, for which he wrote a companion guide, “DreamChild Adventures in Relaxation and Sleep.”
The preface to the book was written by the previous Director of the Loma Linda University Sleep Laboratory, Dr. Ralph Downey III, in which he stated: “When you experience the 3D Living Sound technology used to record these programs you won’t believe what they are hearing. The programs will immerse you in a sense of virtual reality with sounds emanating from all around. I am quite sure you will find the experience so unique and engaging that, like me, you will be at a loss for words to describe it. Listening to the children’s programs will engage your child in journeys that are both entertaining and relaxing. And through an array of comforting suggestions and visualizations, brought to life by 3D sound, anxiety and racing thoughts melt away, allowing your child to quickly fall asleep.”
Dr. Downey also assisted in the testing of Dr. Jackson’s adult sleep program on U.S. Air Force pilots, funded by a $500,000 Department of Defense grant. A summary of various research studies on the programs is provided in Appendix H of the DreamChild book.
If you would like to review Dr. Jackson's Resume, please click on the following link:
curriculum-vitae-for-dr-jacksondocx.pdf