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Hi. I'm Dr. Esther Hess and I'm the Executive Director of a multidisciplinary treatment facility in West Los Angeles, Center for the Developing Mind. And, I tell people I have the best job in the world because I get to play with kids and toys all day long. I'm also the mom of some of the most beautiful kids you're ever gonna see. Between my husband and myself, we have 4 kids and we're very blessed to be the grandparents of 8 beautiful grandbabies. I love to help kids. I also have one special thing that I love to do just for me and that's I sing in a choir. And, when I make beautiful music, it just fills my heart and soul. It's a pleasure to be with you. I look forward to helping.
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Esther Hess, PhD

Pediatric Psychologist

Dr. Esther Hess is a developmental psychologist. She specializes in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of children with developmental delays, regulatory disorders and language impairment, specifically autism, Asperger’s Disorder and Pervasive Developmental Disorder, not otherwise specified.  In addition, she treats various psychological ailments including, affective disorders, selective mutism, school phobias, attention deficit disorder, non-verbal learning disorders and difficulties as related to childhood response to parental divorce. Her expertise is in the utilization and application of a developmentally based psychotherapy (the DIR model) as devised by Dr. Stanley Greenspan. This model, conceptualized as Floor Time, takes into consideration the various underlying elements that may be impeding the child including where he/she is at developmentally, various biological constraints, and the relationship between the child and the parent. 

In addition to working with the impacted person, Dr. Hess interfaces with the entire family and coordinates the efforts of the various members of team specialists who assist in boosting the impacted individual’s developmental lag.  She is currently one of Dr. Greenspan’s Senior Clinicians on the West Coast, certified in  D.I.R./Floor Time and has trained parents, interventionists and clinicians both nationally and internationally in the developmental/relational method known as Floor Time.  Dr. Hess is the executive director of a multidisciplinary treatment facility in West Los Angeles, Center for the Developing Mind.

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