OUR PHILOSOPHY

PROFESSIONAL HELP BUILT ON A FOUNDATION OF SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING

We are therapeutic learning and educational specialists who believe that in order to make effective choices for your family, you need some measure of hope. And in order to feel hopeful, you need to know that you are supported and understood.

The Romeyn Collective strives to provide that hope and support with services delivered by a compassionate, qualified team. Our aim is to match client families with the professional within our Collective that is best suited to deliver the relevant education, information and opportunity for moving forward into effective, sustainable, solutions.

The Romeyn Collective is completely independent and receives no payment or compensation from therapeutic providers. We work solely for the benefit of our families and clients, and we adhere to the standards of excellence and principals of good practice.

I’m not a parenting expert. In fact, I’m not sure that I even believe in the idea of ‘parenting experts.’  I’m an engaged, imperfect parent and a passionate researcher. I’m an experienced mapmaker and a stumbling traveler. Like many of you, parenting is by far my boldest and most daring adventure.

– Brené Brown
Research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work.

Jessica Romeyn head of Educational Consultants at Romeyn Collective
Dr. Jessica Romeyn

Dr. Jessica Romeyn
Founder/Clinical & Educational Specialist

Dr. Jessica Romeyn has more than a decade of expertise in educating and treating individuals with and without special needs across their lifespan. She is passionate about working with and supporting emerging adults during challenging transitions. Her breadth and depth of experience has helped her to develop the core belief that all individuals require individual and unique consideration, and there is no “one size fits all” approach to therapeutic intervention.

Jessica is known for her comprehensive and relatable style and is dedicated to working with students and parents in the creation of customized treatment plans that offer appropriate clinical care.  She consistently visits new programs, attends professional conferences, and is well educated in the community-based resources located in and around the greater Los Angeles area.

Jessica offers a personalized approach tailored to her clients’ individual needs. Though based in Los Angeles, she regularly works with families across the country.

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Nicole Andra
Clinical Outreach and Parent Coordinator

Nicole Andra has dedicated over twenty years of her career to working with parents and their adolescent children.  Through the various positions that she has held, she has created relationships with countless professionals and programs across the country. This has allowed her to help hundreds of families receive customized support for their individual healing and growth. Nicole’s energetic passion, education, and experience, promotes her ability to understand unique family dynamics. Through her wit, originality, and playful personality, she communicates and connects with families in a nurturing, yet effective and professional way. As a mother of four, Nicole believes that we are all doing the best that we know how, in our current situations, and we can do better!

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Kimberly Floyd
Day School Consultant

Kimberly Floyd relocated to Los Angeles, CA after working on Capitol Hill for a Senior Member of the U.S. Congress, where she developed a passion for legislative issues and advocacy.  She wrote legislative constituent correspondence on education, telecommunications, and civil rights issues.  She holds a multi-subject certification in education and has taught and authored accredited curriculum.  Kimberly has over a decade of expert experience in the education field with Fusion Education Group where she advocates for students’ social, emotional, and academic needs.  Her focus is to place teens in an academic environment where they feel safe, loved, accepted, and heard.  In such an environment, Kimberly believes teens can flourish and rise to their full potential.

When Kimberly is not working on behalf of families, she loves spending quality time with her daughter and cheering her on as she plays volleyball.  She also enjoys reading, watching a good movie, and hanging out with friends and family.

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Dr. Jennie Hall
PhD - Career Counselor and Vocational Support

Dr. Hall is a Director of a Student Support Services program at Utah Valley University who has spent more than a decade guiding adolescents and young adults towards self-actualization. She believes the key to a happy and hopeful life lies in realizing one’s individual talents and unique gifts and connecting them to their future. Jennie is known for her ability to meet people where they are and inspire them to find and achieve their dreams. She uses many different assessment including but not limited to the Greenwood System career assessment to accelerate individuals’ understanding of themselves and where they match in the world of work. As important, she discovered in her dissertation, the Greenwood System expands the individual’s perception of themselves and shifts their language from confused or hope-less about their future, to excited and hope-ful for their future.

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Dr. Gwen Palafox
PhD - Transitional Age Youth Specialist

Dr. Palafox is a clinical psychologist who has been actively changing the lives of individuals with special needs for over the past two decades. Known for her engaging and direct style, Dr. Palafox brings compassion, humor, and honesty to her work. Dr. Palafox is passionate about promoting the happiness and wellbeing of adults with special needs, with an emphasis on reducing the friction of transition to adult life. Her expertise has been shared through local and global workshops, a TEDx event, serving as an expert witness, and in collaboration with other engaged professionals. You can also visit Gwen’s new You Tube Channel, “disABLED and Empowered”

Integrative College Consultants

The Romeyn Collective collaborates with college consultants that specialize in working with individuals that have experienced various challenges in their schooling careers including: learning disabilities, social emotional issues, or those that have tried a year of college and failed out due various circumstances.

Parent Mentors

The Romeyn Collective collaborates with various parent mentors that are experienced and highly trained.  They are passionate coaches dedicated to supporting parents who are helping their teen, young adult, or post-secondary adult confront the challenges of increasing independence.

Life Skills Mentors

The Romeyn Collective collaborates with professionals that have extensive experience working with individuals that have suffered with various social emotional challenges. Challenges include but are not limited to substance abuse, mood disorders, psychosis,  ADHD, and Autism  Spectrum

Every situation is unique and every family is different. That’s why our services and approaches are customized to your individual needs. Read more on our services page.