Jeanette Yoffe

Jeanette Yoffe, M.A., M.F.T., is an expert in Foster Care and Adoption. She is the Executive Director and Founder of Celia Center, a support center that meets the critical needs of all those connected by Foster Care and Adoption and all those who serve the community in Los Angeles and beyond. She has been a psychotherapist in adoptions and foster care for 18 years. Yoffe's desire to become a therapist with a special focus on adopted and foster care issues derived from her own experience of being adopted and moving through the foster care system. in 1999 she wrote and performed a one-woman play about growing up in foster care and adoption called, "What's Your Name, Who's Your Daddy?" which is available on Amazon and Audible. This experience led her to pursue a career in psychology with a desire to work with children in Los Angeles County, and their families. She is often asked to speak on panels to educate writers, artists, and actors about the experience and speaks on related topics as a professional psychotherapist on T.V. She is a trainer for Los Angeles County Child & Family Services and the Department of Mental Health for parents, social workers and therapists on adoption & foster care challenges, parenting, impact of pre-adoption trauma, grief/loss, open adoption, and provides support to adult adoptees searching for long lost family members, as well as assists in reunion and family reunification. She is a Court Appointed Reunification Expert for Los Angeles Superior Court in cases involving children at risk for separation. She has appeared on the OWN and TLC Network, as a Psychotherapist teaching about Adoption in the shows Raising Whitley and Long Lost Family. In 2006 she received the Los Angeles Foster Care Hero Award for her dedication to children and families in foster Care. She facilitates a support group called Adopt Salon Los Angeles, which brings together all of the constellation members involved in an adoption and/or foster care placement, as well as ignite strength and community, and bring education, awareness and support for all of these members in forming healthy reunions, open adoptions, healing and understanding for all.