Garie Connell, LCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker serving as a Medical Social Worker in Pediatrics and High Risk Infant Follow-Up at Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Hospital in Southern California. She is a current member and former union steward of the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW), which recently secured a historic four-year contract with Kaiser following a six-month unfair labor practice strike. In addition to her hospital work, Garie maintains a private psychotherapy practice in Encino, California, and is a prospective psychoanalytic candidate with the Psychoanalytic Center of California beginning in Fall 2025.