Judith K. Katz, Ed.D.  ELAM Alliance  519 N. Wynnewood Ave.  P.O. Box 622  Narberth, PA  19072  Phone/Fax:  610-664-4785  Email: katzknect@aol.com

Dr. Judith Kapustin Katz is a licensed psychologist who provides services to individuals and organizations in transition.  She has worked extensively in the fields of career management, executive and new employee coaching, and career transition or transformation.  Much of her work has been with physicians and scientists from academic medical centers and industry, and with administrators and faculty in institutions of higher education.

Dr. Katz's services include:

• Career Management

  This service assists individuals to develop a career development and management plan that fully utilizes their skills and engages their interests.  Collaborative work includes: assessing interests, skills, style, accomplishments; developing a resume/curriculum vitae that reflects these; developing a strategic approach to networking and interviewing; and developing an effective marketing plan to seek and gain new opportunities. Initial work is best done in person and/or by phone, and usually involves periodic follow-up coaching in person, by phone or e-mail.

• Executive, New Employee, or Resident Coaching

  Coaching the executive or newly employed individual involves cooperation of the employee and management.  Determination of critical competencies needed to assure success is undertaken and an individualized program is developed collaboratively to plan the steps necessary for the individual to acquire the necessary skills and knowledge to be successful.  This work is comprehensive and extensive and involves, at minimum, a six-month commitment.

• Career Transition/Transformation Coaching

  Once management or an individual determines it is time for a career change, coaching support is provided to help evaluate what direction to pursue. Both transition and transformation services include a comprehensive assessment of skills, interests, needs, accomplishments and style.  Transition services assist individuals determine how and where the appropriate next career step might be taken.  Transformation services assist individuals to change focus and direction, transferring identified core competencies, skills and abilities to new careers. Work is with individuals, and includes all of the support services described in the Career Management section above, as well as counseling in managing change and coaching for entry into a new position.

Dr. Judith Katz has been a Senior Consultant with international career management consulting and outplacement firms and an Educational Consultant at Temple University School of Medicine for the past ten years.  Clients have included students, residents, clinical and research faculty and administrators in academic medical institutions, scientists and physicians in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, senior faculty and administrators in higher education. 

She is a faculty member for ELAM and the HERS/Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration at Bryn Mawr College, and has taught at AAMC's Professional Development Seminar for Junior Women Faculty.

Dr. Katz was Dean of Students at Moore College of Art in Philadelphia, Director of Career Planning and Placement at Swarthmore College, Counselor at Wharton's Graduate Career Development and Placement Office, and Co-Founder andCo -Director of Options for Women, a community based career counseling service. She has published, lectured and conducted workshops on a wide variety of topics in the area of career management, managing change and life/work planning. 

Dr. Katz received her A.B. in psychology from Temple University, her M.A. in psychology from the University of Michigan, and her Ed.D. in counseling psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.