Dr. Berman grew up in Philadelphia and attended the University of Delaware. After graduation, she worked as a research assistant with the Health Federation of Philadelphia, meeting with families of children in Early Head Start (pregnancy through child age 3) in their homes to understand the impact of exposure to violence. She moved across the country to earn her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Arkansas, working at a variety of settings (e.g., domestic violence shelter, community health clinic).

She graduated with her PhD in 2020 after relocating to the Triangle area of North Carolina and completing her pre-doctoral clinical internship at Duke University Medical Center with a focus on Child Trauma. During this time, she worked at the Center for Child and Family Health (CCFH) where she participated in a learning collaborative for Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and received training to become nationally certified in Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) and Trauma and Grief Components Therapy for Adolescents (TGCT-A). Dr. Berman also worked at several clinics within the Duke Child Family Study Center where she conducted ADHD assessments and treatment for youth, and received specialized training and experience in couples and family therapy.

Dr. Berman currently works with individuals of all ages (children, teens, young adults, and adults), couples, partners, and families to address a wide range of presenting problems from anxiety, depression, OCD, to coping with more traditional interpersonal and relationship difficulties, grief, life transitions, and life stress such as parenting.

She is particularly passionate about helping clients recognizing how life experiences shape who we are today. Dr. Berman aims to empower her clients and promote healing from the impact of traumatic experiences or other stressful life events, as well as adversity, including systemic factors such as racism and poverty. Dr. Berman is committed to recognizing and addressing the impact of cultural and contextual factors in her work and values working with LGBTQ+ youth/adults and people with other marginalized identities.

Dr. Berman believes in building collaborative relationships, recognizing clients’ current strengths, and fostering their growth. She will work with you to understand your concerns and how they may be affecting you and your relationships, your goals for treatment, and evidence-based approaches (treatments that work, and are supported by science!) that may be the best fit for you. She uses principles from cognitive behavioral therapies including dialectical behavioral therapy, while incorporating attachment-based and emotion-focused theories, and “third wave” techniques including mindfulness and acceptance based therapies.