Sally D. Yeatman, M.S.W.
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCS 17239)

2510 Main Street, Suite 201
Santa Monica, CA. 90405
(310) 236-6455

Psychotherapy Services Offered:

• Brief and Long Term Treatment for Children, Adolescents, Adults
• Family Therapy
• Co-parenting Counseling
• Parent-Child Dyadic Work
• School Consultation

Sally Yeatman has worked with children, adolescents, adults, and families for over 25 years. She received her Masters Degree in Social Work at San Diego State University. She has trained and supervised other mental health professionals through U.C.L.A., U.S.C., and Smith College. Sally has had three years of psychoanalytic psychotherapy training at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis in L.A. She has also been trained in cognitive behavioral techniques for anxiety reduction in children as part of a U.C.L.A. research program. Sally has worked in community based mental health clinics and school settings, as well as in private practice. Sally is currently completing a comprehensive two-year program working with the zero to five population as part of the Infant Mental Health Specialist Training Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Personal Statement:
As well as doing Individual Psychotherapy with children, adolescents, and adults, I enjoy working with whole families. I am especially interested in working with families who are going through divorce. I believe parenting is the most important job in our society and one in which we receive the least training. Divorce complicates the parenting role even further. Yet we know that if divorced parents can work together, even minimally, in a co-parenting capacity, their children feel more secure and are less stressed through the divorce process.

I enjoy helping parents understand their children and themselves better through increased knowledge of human development, the regulation of feelings, new understanding of the brain, and how we develop the capacity for relationship. I observe, assess, and offer consultation on family relationships, issues, communication patterns, and problem solving. I work with families in finding ways to match their parenting styles with their child’s unique personality, in order to make a more successful parenting intervention and ultimately foster their relationship. This may also involve consultation with teachers and other helping professionals.