Brief Bio.: Dr. Carney is a retired social worker with nearly 50 years of experience in social work, with thirty-five of those years spent in the public mental health system . He is an Alinsky-trained community organizer, Institute-trained in Bowen Family Systems theory, and trained in Linehan's Dialectical Behavior Therapy. He received his MSW from UCLA in 1969 and his DSW from CUNY in 1991. He currently lives in the Adirondacks in northern NY State with his wife4 and their two cats and is actively involved in promoting passage of the NY Health Act, NY's single-payer healthcare bill.