Edmund W. Young, EdD, LCSW, MSW, MSG, Clinical Social Worker with His Private Practice

Get to know Clinical Social Worker Dr. Edmund W. Young, who serves the population of Los Angeles, California.

Edmund is an exceptionally experienced mental health professional with specialized training in educational psychology, clinical social work and gerontology. He has over fifteen years in practice and currently serves patients at his private practice in Los Angeles, California. With a passion for the field and an unwavering commitment to his specialty, Edmund is an expert in changing the lives of his patients for the better. Furthermore, Edmund is an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Southern California School of Social Work and also works in the Grant and Per Diem Liaison Program at the Department of Veterans Affairs in Los Angeles. Edmund’s research interests include studies on Chinese American college students with ADHD.

Edmund is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) certified by the California Board of Behavioral Services. He is a graduate from the University of Southern California Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, where he completed a bachelor’s degree of arts in sociology in 1995. He additionally obtained a master’s degree of science in gerontology at USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology (MSG), a master’s degree of social work with a focus on mental health at USC School of Social Work in 1998 (MSW) and a doctorate of education with specialization in educational psychology at USC Rossier School of Education (EdD) in 2012. Dr. Young is a distinguished member of the American Psychological Association and the California Psychological Association and the recipient of the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center’s Shining Star Social Work Award and the University of Southern California’s Order of the Arete. Edmund attributes his success to continuing education, maintaining current regarding research in the field, and seeking ongoing consultation and mentoring from experts in mental health.

Social Work is an academic discipline and profession that concerns itself with individuals, families, groups and communities in an effort to enhance social functioning and overall well-being. Social functioning refers to the way in which people perform their social roles, and the structural institutions that are provided to sustain them. Social work applies social sciences, such as sociology, psychology, political science, public health, community development, law, and economics, to engage with client systems, conduct assessments, and develop interventions to solve social and personal problems; and create social change. Social work practice is often divided into micro-work, which involves working directly with individuals or small groups; and macro-work, which involves working communities, and within social policy, to create change on a larger scale.

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