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Cary Watson, Ph.D.

Cary Watson HS 2017
Cary Watson
Department Chair and Senior Lecturer

Cary Watson is a Bay Area native and a CPSY program alum, getting her MA in Counseling Psych, MFT track, in 1998. Before coming to SCU, she received an A.B. in psychology from Duke University and spent a year in the clinical psychology graduate program at Vanderbilt. After SCU, she received a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Stanford University, and completed her clinical hours at EMQ and in Kaiser Permanente’s Psychiatry department. She is currently a licensed clinical psychologist with a small private practice. Watson teaches the 318/319/328 Clinical Assessment series in the CPSY program, as well as an elective in School-Based Mental Health. Her scholarly interests are in the areas of autism and special needs parenting.

In addition to her work as a psychologist, she stays busy caring for her two  children, Jack and Abby. In her free time, she enjoys good food (cooking and eating), great wines, gardening, reading, and long hikes.

Phone
408.554.5743
Location
Guadalupe Hall
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