"One of the most widespread superstitions is that every person has his/her own special, definite qualities; that a person is kind, cruel, wise, stupid, energetic, apathetic, etc. People are not like that. They are like rivers: The water is the same in each, and alike in all; but every river is narrow here, is more rapid there, here slower, there broader, now clear, now cold, now dull, now warm. It is the same with people. Every person carries in themselves the germs of every human quality, and sometimes one manifests itself, sometimes another, and the person often becomes unlike him/herself, while still remaining the same person."
Leo Tolstoy
"Recovery is a process, not an event."
Dr. Bill Perry is a licensed psychologist (PSY 10384) in private practice in San Francisco, California with over 20 years of clinical experience. He is also on the staff of the California Pacific Medical Center, where he provides clinical supervision to psychology interns and psychiatry residents. Dr. Perry provides consultation to the courts and other psychotherapists in the San Francisco Bay Area on alcoholism, other addictions, and divorce recovery.
In addition to his work in performing child custody evaluations for local courts, Dr. Perry specializes in the assessment and treatment of alcohol/drug addiction and abuse, sex addiction, and other compulsive disorders. His other specialties include grief recovery, response to trauma, depression, expatriate adjustment, divorce recovery and the management of stress and anxiety.
Dr. Perry is a member of the California and San Francisco Psychological Associations. He is a past Chairperson of the Ethics Committee of the San Francisco Psychological Association. Dr. Perry is also a recipient of the San Francisco Bar Association Community Service Award.
Dr. Perry's office is centrally located in the Pacific Heights district of San Francisco.
