
Andrew Kahn, PsyD
Associate Director, Expertise and Strategic Design, Understood
Highlights
Licensed psychologist in Maine; PSYPACT certified
Work featured in HuffPost, PBS, USA TODAY, Forbes, NPR, Business Insider, and Emotional Intelligence
Andrew Kahn, Understood’s associate director of expertise and strategic design, is a licensed psychologist with more than 25 years of clinical experience. He provides services focusing on ADHD, learning differences, anxiety, autism spectrum disorder, parenting, executive function, and emotional regulation.
Over the course of his career, Kahn has provided training, evaluations, and therapeutic support in the public schools and has worked with communities struggling with poverty, food insecurity, and limited educational support. He has supported school committees in developing policies on mental health, suicide prevention, and related areas. Kahn has also held roles as clinical director of a community mental health agency and as a presenter for Summit Professional Education.
In addition to his clinical and policy work, Kahn has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Maine. He is a member of the council of experts at the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Center of Excellence on Social Media and Mental Wellbeing, contributing to national guidance on the intersection of technology and child mental health.
Kahn identifies as a person with learning and thinking differences. He earned his BA in psychology from Syracuse University and his MS and PsyD from Nova Southeastern University.
Publications, media, and appearances
Paying attention to inattentive ADHD (PBS, 2025)
Uncertainty, anxiety, hope: How parents feel about the Education Department (District Administration, 2025)
What RFK Jr. is getting wrong about ADHD (EducationWeek, 2025)
5 back-to-school tips to ease parental anxiety (ADDitude, 2023)
The financial and spending challenges people with learning differences face — and how to overcome them (Forbes, 2023)
How to break through ADHD paralysis and get sh*t done (Wondermind, 2023)
Continued Adderall shortage means struggles for people with ADHD (Parents, 2023)





