Facility South San Francisco Medical Center Psychiatry - Chemical Dependency Services (CDS) Department Address 1001 Sneath Lane 2nd Floor, Suite 204 San Bruno CA 94066 Telephone Appt/Advice: (650) 616-6200 Bayhill Pharmacy - 650-742-2388 E-mail your doctor View your preventive services

My Office Hours

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	8:30 am 8:30 pm	8:30 am 4:30 pm		8:30 am 8:30 pm

Please note that my office hours may be different from my department’s hours of operation.

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My Biography

Undergraduate Education:
- Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
- BA Womens Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Professional Education:
- MSW, University of California, Berkeley, CA
- Licensed as a Clinical Social, 1990
Joined Kaiser Permanente: 1991

Welcome to Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Chemical Dependency Program and welcome to my web page! Please use the links provided to find your way to useful resources within and outside of our program.

I have been a psychotherapist in the Chemical Dependency program at Kaiser Permanente since 1991. I was at Santa Clara Kaiser, where I was part of developing the CDRP and transferred to South San Francisco in 1998. It is a privilege to work with the wonderful Kaiser Permanente staff and patients.

I attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH, but did not finish there. Later I returned to college and graduated from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. I attended and graduated with a MSW from the University of California at Berkeley in 1988. I worked for San Francisco Rape Treatment Center at San Francisco General Hospital from 1988 until I began at Kaiser Permanente in 1991. I have always had a small private psychotherapy practice in addition to my work here.

I enjoy working with many populations. I work with individuals, couples, and groups. I currently facilitate our senior group, video group, and a psychotherapy recovery group for patients who have completed our early recovery program. In the past I have worked with the teens; a parents group for the parents of teens in our adolescent program; facilitated a couples group; worked with family members of alcoholics and addicts; run a lesbian and gay treatment group; and facilitated a group for parents of smaller children who have an alcoholic or addicted parent. I prefer working psychodynamically in conjunction with 12-step programs and other cognitive behavioral supports.

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