Jeffrey S. Owen, Ph. D.
and Associates
Specializing in
Psychotherapy and Psychological Assessment
Of Individuals with Diverse Needs
Psychoeducational and Neuropsychological
Evaluations
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Learning Disabilities
Intellectually Gifted
Communication Deficits
Emotional Disturbance
Multicultural
Autism
Welcome!
We plan to do everything within our professional
capacity to be helpful to you. We know that you will
find your expenditure of time, energy, and money to
be extremely worthwhile.
We provide services in areas of psychotherapy and
psychoeducational/ neuropsychological assessment
for individuals with a tremendous range of diverse
needs. This includes individuals who have learning
disabilities, processing deficits, intellectual
giftedness, behavioral problems, emotional issues,
multicultural differences, receptive/expressive
communication deficits, visual and auditory
impairments, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorders, Aspergers Syndrome, Autism, Traumatic
Brain Injury, and Developmental Disabilities.
We conduct comprehensive pychoeducational and
neuropychological assessments for individuals of all
ages. The typical assessment process includes
review of prior educational records, classroom
observation, parent/teacher interviews,
administration of a wide variety of different
assessment instruments, report writing, discussion
of assessment results and attendance at an IEP
meeting. Evaluations are conducted in English, as
well as Spanish, including areas of intellectual,
academic, visual/auditory processing, neurological,
emotional and behavioral functioning.
Psychotherapeutic services are provided for all ages.
After gaining background information regarding
your presenting issues, through oral and/or written
input, your therapist will articulate a working
understanding of the issues, treatment plan,
therapeutic objectives, and a summary of the
possible outcomes. You will be asked to give
feedback and views on your therapy, its progress,
and other aspects of therapy in order improve the
delivery of services. Your therapist will draw upon a
variety of empirically-based psychological
approaches that have been found to treat your
specific issues. These approaches may include
cognitive-behavioral, behavioral, developmental,
client-entered, family systems, and/or
psychoeducational.
Jeffrey S. Owen, Ph. D., NCSP
Dr. Owen received his bachelor’s degree in
psychology from U.C.L.A. and master’s and doctoral
degrees in clinical psychology from U.S.C. He is a
licensed Clinical Psychologist and credentialed
School Psychologist with expertise in working with
school-aged children and adolescents. Dr. Owen has
been in private practice since 1984, primarily
focusing upon neuropsychological and
psychoeducational assessment, as well as individual
and family therapy. He conducts Independent
Educational Evaluations for parents and school
districts throughout Southern California. In
addition, he has served as a Special Education
Administrator for various public school districts.
Areas of expertise include anger management, social
skills development, anxiety disorders, emotional
difficulties, behavior problems, AD/HD, learning
disabilities, and developmental disabilities. Dr.
Owen is actively involved in conducting teacher
inservices, parent education programs, mental
health grant writing, and supervision of various
mental health professionals.
Monet Templeton, M. A.
Monet Millard-Templeton received her Bachelor of
Arts in Liberal Studies with an emphasis in
Bilingual/Bicultural Spanish Education from San
Diego State University. Then she received a Master of
Arts in School Psychology and a Masters of Arts in
School Counseling from Chapman University. She
has a School Psychology credential and she is a
Licensed Educational Psychologist. In four different
school settings she has worked her way from being a
Bilingual Paraprofessional Assistant, to a Bilingual
Basic Skills Teacher, to a Teacher at a private school,
to a Bilingual School Counselor/Psychologist Intern,
to a Bilingual School Psychologist working with
English Language Learners from various cultural
backgrounds. She currently works with the Encinitas
Union School District as a Bilingual School
Psychologist, conducting assessment, participating in
district task forces, and teaching parenting classes in
Spanish. Monet is an extremely capable, intelligent,
insightful, and dedicated professional. She is a caring
and understanding person, with great empathy for
multi-ethnic students with special needs.
Heather King, Psy.D.
Dr. King received her Bachelor of Arts from
University of California San Diego, followed by a
Master of Arts and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
from Pepperdine University, with an emphasis on
child clinical and neuropsychology. Heather
completed a post-doctoral intern at Kaiser
Permanente Department of Psychiatry and
Addiction Medicine – San Diego. In private practice
and as District Psychologist for Capistrano Unified
School District, Dr. King has conducted
psychoeducational and neuropsychological
assessments, individual/couple/family therapy,
brief therapy/counseling, and consultation/
trainings in neuropsychology. Dr. King has
conducted research in Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder/trauma, treatment outcome of cognitivebehavioral intervention for depression,
neuropsychological assessment of cognitively
impaired patients, female gang involvement, and
physical/sexual abuse.
Jennifer Gruman, M. S.
Jennifer Johnson-Gruman received her bachelor’s
degree from Point Loma Nazarene College and
Master of Sciences from National University. She is
an adjunct faculty member at National University
teaching Advanced Individual Assessment in the
graduate program. She has a School Psychology
credential and is a Licensed Educational
Psychologist. Ms. Gruman has provided school
psychology services in Riverside County, San Diego
County and San Diego City School Districts, and she
currently is the School Psychologist for the preschool
program at California Avenue School in Vista,
California. She provides diagnostic services
individually and as part of a transdisciplinary team,
coordinates transitions with Early Start Programs,
and conducts parent training and behavioral
interventions for community preschools. Jennifer is a
leader and mentor to other professionals working in
the field of Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Jason Clark, M. S.
Jason received his Bachelor or Arts from Northern
Arizona University and his Master of Science in
school psychology at National University. He is a
Licensed Educational Psychologist, and has been
conducting psychoeducational assessments for over
ten years with students ranging from kindergarten
to college. He has worked with virtually all
handicapping conditions, with expertise in
diagnosing learning disabilities (i.e., dyslexia,
dyscalculia, and dysgraphia) utilizing a
neuropsychological and psychometric approach, as
well as developing effective educational treatment
plans based upon each student’s unique cognitive
and academic profile.