Jeffrey Yates - Executive Director
Jeffrey Yates, LCSW, TEP, is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice in West Hollywood / Beverly Hills working with individuals, couples and families. He has served as Executive Director of the Psychodrama Institute of Los Angeles, since it was founded in 2001. Jeffrey is certified since 1994 as a Trainer, Educator, and Practitioner of Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Group Psychotherapy by the American Board of Examiners in Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Group Psychotherapy.
He served as the 2012-2013 president of the American Board of Examiners in Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Group Psychotherapy, the organization that certifies practitioners and trainers in the North American region. He is a fellow and former Executive Council member of the American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama. Jeffrey has been a trainer and supervising clinician with the psychodrama section, Saint Elizabeths Hospital (formerly The National Institute of Mental Health), Washington DC (1989-95). He has worked as a clinician in both inpatient and outpatient mental health and addiction programs and has conducted workshops for Sierra Tucson, The Caron Foundation, Visions Adolesent Treatment Centers and the US Center for Substance Abuse Prevention.
Jeffrey has been a keynote presenter for many professional conferences and has experience as a corporate and management psychodrama consultant including The United States Justice Department and the United States Postal Service. Jeffrey has been a grant recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. He was also the founding artistic director (1990-1995) of DC Playback Theater in Washington DC.