About Dr. Berger

Dr. Berger is a member of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, the American Association of Suicidology, the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science, and NYC- CBT Association. Dr. Berger has completed training through Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights to conduct evaluations for asylum seekers. She is passionate about providing seminars and presentations about various mental health topics to the community and other mental health care providers.

Prior to joining MindWell NYC, Dr. Berger was a Staff Psychologist at SUNY Geneseo where she provided individual and group therapy to college students, supervised doctoral and masters level psychology students, and helped to develop campus policy regarding medical leave of absences and suicide prevention. In addition, Dr. Berger was engaged in her own private practice in the Rochester, NY community. Dr. Berger completed externships at Hofstra University’s Student Counseling Services and the Northport VA Medical Center. She completed her APA-accredited internship at the University of Pittsburgh Counseling Center.

Dr. Berger earned her Ph.D. and M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Hofstra University and her B.A. in Psychology and Communicative Disorders and Sciences from SUNY Geneseo.

Outside of work Dr. Berger enjoys spending time with her husband & dog, exploring Brooklyn where they reside, traveling with friends, reading historical fiction, and sampling all the pizza & ice cream she can find.