Desert Oasis Recovery

Specialties

Our Medical Director, Dr. Rene Gonzalez, is one of New Mexico’s leading psychiatrists, with a specialty in addictionology. Desert Oasis utilizes a medical detox program, which includes a standard protocol that is approved for each type of addiction. Our staff of professional doctors, therapists, RNs, and LPNs are trained to handle all withdrawal symptoms. Our state of the art addiction therapy includes the following medical components:

Pharmacotherapy

Crisis Stabilization

Psychiatric Assessment

Neurological Assessment

Meet the Manager

Kathleen J.

Manager

Dr. Kathleen Johnson, is one of New Mexico’s leading psychiatrists, with a specialty in addictionology. Dr. Johnson is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and American Board of Addiction Medicine. She graduated from medical school at the University of Iowa where she also completed her residency in psychiatry in 1994. She and her husband moved to New Mexico the same year. She has had an inpatient and outpatient practice in NM for the past 20 years. They have a 12-​year-​old son and she loves spending her free time hiking, doing yoga, baking and reading.