Carey O'Connell, PhD
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Joined Aug, 1990 Department: Chemical Dependency [Map] Title: Psychologist Degree: PhD Practitioner Homepage |
BioI 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. | |

