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

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My Biography

Although I am originally from Southern California, I feel right at home here in the San Francisco Bay Area. I decided to work at Kaiser Permanente's Chemical Dependency Recovery Program (CDRP) because I heard that the program was a dynamic and wonderful one. One of the great features of our program is that it offers quick and speedy access to high-quality treatment. We also offer a breadth and depth of services for our diverse, chemically-dependent individuals and their family members.

I have a longstanding personal and professional commitment to working in the field of Chemical Dependency. It is incredibly rewarding to work with the recovering person as well with their families. I find the resilience of our patients to be inspiring and very gratifying. Our patients’ ability to turn their lives around so that they achieve their incredible potential is an amazing process to witness, and constitutes one of the most fulfilling aspects of my work.

I am also interested in working with family members and helping them learn about family recovery and the concept of codependency. Other areas of interest include administering psychological testing in order to better formulate a patient’s treatment plan, and providing time-limited couples’ and family work. One of the ways in which I help myself to Thrive is to spend time with family and friends and to remind myself to be grateful for what I have. Outside of work, I am an avid San Francisco Giants and Cal Bears football fan!

Other Languages: Spanish
Undergraduate Education: BA in Psychology, University of California at Berkeley
Graduate Education: MS in Psychology, San Francisco State University; PhD in Psychology, California School of Professional Psychology
Fellowships: San Francisco General Hospital Neuropsychology Post-doctoral Fellowship
Professional Conferences: California Psychological Association; Kaiser Permanante Annual Conferences
Board Certification: California Board of Psychology Licensed Psychologist (PSY16218)
Professional Affiliations: American Psychological Association; California Psychological Association
Other KP Facilities: South San Francisco (1998-2004)
Began Practice: 1998
Joined Kaiser Permanente: 1998

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