Yitzi Katz, AM, LCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in Child and Adult Psychotherapy serving individuals and families.

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Yitzi received his Master’s degree and clinical training at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. Yitzi is a graduate of the Chicago Center of Psychoanalysis Fellowship and certificate program in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. Yitzi integrates his training at the Medical University of South Carolina in Trauma-Focused-CBT (TFCBT), trauma modality of Somatic Experiencing (SE) and Therapeutic Crisis Intervention with Children (TCI).

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Treatment with Yitzi typically includes the following themes and issues:

• Relationship difficulties

• Depression

• Anxiety

• Eating and body image issues

• Experiences of trauma

• Identity and Immigration challenges

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Professional Experience

Yitzi has gained extensive clinical experience in diverse settings including:  Outpatient Psychiatry at Advocate Illinois Masonic, The Rice Child & Family Center, Northshore Evanston Hospital, The Child Protection Association in Israel. 

Yitzi co-founded the Chicago Trauma Collective serving a diverse community of trauma oriented practitioners through community events and a year-long fellowship program. Yitzi was an Associate Faculty Member at the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis and a committee member on their Certificate program in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. Yitzi has written and lectured on clinical work in the community and in clinics, and has lectured at the University of Chicago, the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Magid Institute at the Hebrew University, the Kedzie Center, and the China American Psychoanalytic Association (CAPA).

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Please contact Yitzi by email or by phone:

 

+1(773)-492-4495 or +972-530823-1031