Andrew Kami

Dr. Andrew Kami is a military veteran, Honorably Discharged from the United States Marine Corps. He is also a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and a Licensed Administrator for the State of California. He currently serves as a Director for a facility working with Schizophrenia Spectrum Illnesses and before his current academic appointment served as Adjunct Faculty at Pacific Oaks College and within a variety of other roles. He performs psychological and personality assessments for the Departments of Mental Health and Children and Family Services in Los Angeles as well as multiple community based and for-profit clinics in Southern California.

Andrew is committed to sharing his expertise; he has taught in the psychology department at Santa Monica Community College and currently teaches graduate level Practicum, Trauma, and Psychopharmacology at Pacific Oaks College. Dr. Kami is also engaged in research work toward developing new and innovative methods of treatment for brain based illnesses including Schizophrenia. He is an active lecturer and has presented to a number of agencies including NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), Meeting of the Minds Conference, Santa Ana Police Department, California State Department of Health and Human Services, Community Care Licensing, Dialetical Behavioral Center of Orange County, and many others. He is currently authoring a variety of works including The Treatment of Schizophrenia , Psychodynamic Practices and Interventions, and personal works of reflection and reverie. Finally, he maintains a private practice treating military veterans, pro bono.

Growing up in East Los Angeles, Andrew is half Japanese and half Mexican and has pulled from these cultural lenses to help inform and support his work. He has experienced the hardships of homelessness, the death of both his parents and two older sisters, and the uncertainty of moving from group home to group home. He persisted and put himself through college by joining the US Marine Corps. He enrolled in the master's degree program in Marital and Family Therapy at Pacific Oaks before entering into post graduate training with the numerous agencies, multiple community-based clinics, and completing his Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology with a specialization in Depth.