Life Skills for Mental Wellness and Personal Growth
About John Liptak, Ed.D.
John is an internationally recognized author with over thirty years of experience in counseling, consulting, and training. He has authored over 100 reproducible life skills workbooks with Ester Leutenberg on topics such as stress management, substance abuse, domestic violence, and developing and maintaining effective personal and intimate relationships. In addition, John has authored 31 career assessment instruments and ten books.
John has experience as a therapist in prison settings, private practice, mental health centers, and university settings. John’s work has been featured in the Associated Press, as well as in numerous newspapers, including The Washington Post, Tampa Bay Times, and The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and on MSNBC television and CNN Radio. John also appeared in the PAX/ION television series “Success without a College Degree.” John earned a Doctor of Education degree in Counselor Education from Virginia Tech. He resides in Radford, Virginia, and serves as the President of CCA, Inc. He recently founded the LifeSkills IQ Institute to research, develop materials, and promote the efficacy of life skills in preventing mental illness and promoting mental wellness.
John's best-selling book, The Life Skills IQ Test, is now twenty years old! Back then, John introduced the notion to people that life skills were as essential, maybe even more critical, to a person's development as their intelligence quotient (IQ). John's reproducible life skills curricula are used worldwide to help people meet their needs, prevent and treat mental illnesses, and cope with life's challenges. John has researched the efficacy of life skills both nationally and internationally.
To purchase John's best-selling book, The Life Skills IQ Test, please go to The Life Skills IQ Test: 10 Self-Quizzes to Measure Your Practical Intelligence: Liptak, John: 9780425217146: Amazon.com: Books
Life Skills for Mental Wellness and Personal Growth
About The Life Skills IQ Institute
The LifeSkills IQ (LSIQ) Institute is a prominent "mental health think tank" dedicated to researching ways to help people live with joy, hope, and resilience. The LSIQ Institute was founded by John Liptak in 2005, following his discovery that life skills intelligence is more critical for success than general intelligence (IQ). John believes that Life Skills IQ Training helps prevent mental health problems, reduce existing problems, and help people manage mental health illness and substance abuse recovery.
The LSIQ Institute is dedicated to exploring the origins of human suffering and understanding humanity's need for positive mental health. The LSIQ Institute is determined to find ways to help people move from mental illness to mental wellness. Some of the projects we are working on at the LSIQ Institute include:
- Teaching Mental Health Skills to reduce mental illness and promote mental wellness.
- Exploring ways to defang depression, trauma, and other mental health issues.
- Identifying ways to help people manage the change involved in major transitions.
The LSIQ Institute helps people develop the necessary life skills to thrive, not just survive, in our complex and chaotic world. We work with seven publishers to research, develop, and create psycho-educational materials for teens and adults.
The LSIQ Institute offers many services, including:
- Training for therapists and others working with clients who have mental health issues.
- Curriculum development programs for agencies, schools, and businesses needing specialized curricula.
- Developing products to enhance the Life Skills IQ Training process.
- Developing reliable and valid assessments.
- Conducting educational and outreach programs to enhance Life Skills IQ.
- Translating research and complex data into information that is relevant to helping professionals.
- Presenting on the LSIQ Model for helping people reduce their mental health issues.
- Proposing solutions to societal problems.
For more information about the LSIQ Institute, don't hesitate to get in touch with John at jjliptak1@verizon.net.
About Life Skills IQ Design Services
John Created a Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum for the Romanian Department of Education
John spent four weeks in Romania helping counselors and teachers develop an emotional intelligence curriculum they could use countrywide. John deeply understands how developing a greater life skills IQ can help you achieve your programmatic goals. John uses an interactive group process whereby professionals working in the agency or school create materials they can use with John's help.
John Collaborates with Teachers, Counselors, and Executives in Creating Curricula
John traveled to Hong Kong, China, to help teachers and social workers develop a curriculum that fosters self-esteem and confidence, enabling students to overcome their problems by focusing on future success. John delivered the keynote address at their Conference and provided training services over two weeks. John believes in collaborating with administrators and executives when creating curricula.
John Trains-the-Trainers When Developing Curricula
John spent two weeks in the Scottish Highlands helping teachers, mentors, and business leaders develop a curriculum to help their young people feel better about their futures in the Highland communities. John believes that the best way to train trainers is to involve them in the curriculum development process..