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About Me

I have been working as a psychologist with Kaiser in Santa Rosa since 1991. I was fortunate to have started with Kaiser as a post-doctoral fellow in Psychiatry in 1990, and enjoyed my work and my colleagues so much that I accepted a position in Chemical Dependency upon completing my fellowship. This was a natural choice since my interest in substance abuse and families was the reason I went to graduate school in the first place. I wrote my dissertation on Adult Children of Alcoholics. My current specialties are Codependency and Adolescent Substance Abuse, although I have been involved in all other levels of treatment within this department in the past. I thoroughly enjoy the Codependency class that I teach on Tuesdays from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m., and working with adolescents and their families (grandparents included, if necessary) is difficult but ultimately very gratifying work as I can see the healing process slowly take shape.

I received my Ph.D. from the California School of Professional Psychology-Berkeley in 1990. My internships include: working at the McAuley Institute at St. Mary's Hospital in San Francisco, both on the Children's and the Adolescent Unit; Mt. Zion Crisis Clinic in San Francisco; and Children's Hospital in San Francisco. I received my B.A. from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 1981.

My office is located away from the main campus in a nearby office park. The address is 3554 Round Barn Blvd. Suite 100. To reach my office from the main campus, drive North on Mendocino Ave. 1 block to Fountain Grove Parkway and turn right. Take the first left onto Round Barn Blvd. and then the first right into the parking lot. There are three office buildings. My office is in the middle building with the blue tile. As you approach the building, go down the outside stairs and you will see the Psychiatry Suite right off of the main lobby. For a map, click on the Map and Directions link listed on my Home Page.

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