Natalie J. Yeschin, L.C.S.W.
LCS 20417
Natalie J. Yeschin received her Masters in Clinical Social Work and a Post-Master’s Certificate in Advanced Clinical Social Work Practice from Adelphi University in New York. Ms. Yeschin has published in the area of alternative concepts and interventions for the treatment of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, emphasizing the negative impact on relationships. While employed in New York, Ms. Yeschin provided clinical services to support groups and adolescents and their families who were abusing or were high risk for abusing drugs and alcohol. After relocating to the Los Angeles area, Ms. Yeschin served as a supervisor of The Page Web Program, a school-district based intensive outpatient behavioral program for high-risk teens and their families in Simi Valley. Ms. Yeschin also provided therapeutic services to individuals, families and couples in a multidisciplinary practice in Simi Valley at the Center for Attention Disorders, under the direction of James J. Kehr, Ph.D. In line with her previous work in New York, Ms. Yeschin continued to advance her skills with a client population who maintained a variety of attention, learning, autism spectrum, neurological and psychological/psychiatric disorders. Ms. Yeschin began serving as co-director of the Center for Attention Disorders in 2005 when Dr. Kehr requested that she and Dr. Katz manage the Center’s day-to-day client care and administrative needs. In keeping with Dr. Kehr’s philosophical goals and objectives, Ms. Yeschin’s continued guiding philosophy for providing clinical services focuses on the individual, family and couple as they are experiencing their concerns within the broader environment. This notion has been the catalyst for Ms. Yeschin’s particular emphasis on each individual’s unique needs in correlation with a variety of stressors -- quite often peers, teachers, schools, and school districts. Fundamental to her clinical work is serving as a liaison with schools, school districts, families and all other treating professionals involved in a case so as to create a comprehensive provision of services and a high level of necessary case management. When asked to come up with a motto that could best express her philosophical orientation to clinical practice, Ms. Yeschin stated, “I want children and their families to sleep better at night knowing that I can understand how difficult it can be to live in a world where everyone is expected to look, learn and act the same.
LCS 20417
Gary S. Katz, Ph.D.
PSY 17371
Dr. Gary S. Katz received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh and completed a one-year internship at the University of Maryland Medical School in the Department of Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics. He is currently a tenured faculty member at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). Dr. Katz has always felt that an important aspect of his academic work has been to foster the professional growth of his students while at the same time searching for scientific answers to questions that parents in his private practice often worry about regarding their children. Dr. Katz is a co-director of Assessment and Psychotherapy Associates, formerly the Center for Attention Disorders, with Natalie Yeschin, L.C.S.W. In this setting, Dr. Katz conducts a range of psychological assessments for children, adolescents and adults with behavioral, developmental, emotional, neurological, and learning difficulties. Dr. Katz also conducts psychotherapeutic services using an eclectic combination of cognitive-behavioral and family systems-oriented approaches. Dr. Katz believes it is important to make sure that the psychological services he provides are based in sound, scientific practice and are demonstrated with sincere concern, assuring his clients the greatest opportunities for success both inside and outside the therapy room. Whether Dr. Katz is conducting therapy, administering or interpreting an assessment tool, or lecturing in the classroom, he is most proud of his role in helping people improve their lives. When asked about his personal approach to his clinical practice, Dr. Katz stated, “There is no case too difficult that can’t be managed by using solid clinical knowledge, care, concern and an awareness that at the end of the day we all want to feel better – we all want to feel like we belong."
PSY 17371
Dr. Gary S. Katz received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh and completed a one-year internship at the University of Maryland Medical School in the Department of Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics. He is currently a tenured faculty member at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). Dr. Katz has always felt that an important aspect of his academic work has been to foster the professional growth of his students while at the same time searching for scientific answers to questions that parents in his private practice often worry about regarding their children. Dr. Katz is a co-director of Assessment and Psychotherapy Associates, formerly the Center for Attention Disorders, with Natalie Yeschin, L.C.S.W. In this setting, Dr. Katz conducts a range of psychological assessments for children, adolescents and adults with behavioral, developmental, emotional, neurological, and learning difficulties. Dr. Katz also conducts psychotherapeutic services using an eclectic combination of cognitive-behavioral and family systems-oriented approaches. Dr. Katz believes it is important to make sure that the psychological services he provides are based in sound, scientific practice and are demonstrated with sincere concern, assuring his clients the greatest opportunities for success both inside and outside the therapy room. Whether Dr. Katz is conducting therapy, administering or interpreting an assessment tool, or lecturing in the classroom, he is most proud of his role in helping people improve their lives. When asked about his personal approach to his clinical practice, Dr. Katz stated, “There is no case too difficult that can’t be managed by using solid clinical knowledge, care, concern and an awareness that at the end of the day we all want to feel better – we all want to feel like we belong."