| Robyn L. Berger, LCSW-C | ||
| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | ||
| 2008-present | Sugarloaf Counseling and Psychotherapy Associates, Germantown, MD | |
| Provide psychotherapy to adolescents, adults, and couples. |
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| Provide EAP assessments, brief counseling, and referrals. | ||
| 2005-2009 | Potomac Ridge Behavioral Health, Rockville, MD Therapist/Social Work Position |
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| Provide individual and group therapeutic services to female adolescents in a residential treatment center (RTC) with diagnoses including mood disorders, ADHD, and PTSD and with a history of physical abuse, sexual abuse, and eating disorders. | ||
| 2001-2005 | Hearts & Homes For Youth, Inc., Silver Spring, MD Therapeutic Foster Care Program |
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| Clinical Case Manager position | ||
| Provided emotional support to children in therapeutic foster care placement and to their therapeutic foster care families. | ||
| Provided 24-hour crisis intervention. | ||
| Trained potential applicants to become licensed therapeutic foster care parents. | ||
| Facilitated support groups for therapeutic foster parents. | ||
| Clinical Internships | ||
| 2000-2001 | Center For Family Services (Catholic Charities), Baltimore, MD Therapeutic Foster Care Program |
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| Clinical Case Manager position | ||
| Provided emotional support to children in therapeutic foster care placement and to their therapeutic foster care families. | ||
| Provided 24-hour crisis intervention. | ||
| 1999-2000 | Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD |
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| Social Worker | ||
| Assisted patients on the cardiology unit with discharge planning, including assisting them with community resources and connecting them with family as applicable. | ||
| Provided emotional support to patients and their families during their stay in the hospital | ||
| 1999 | VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD Homeless Veterans Program |
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| Social Worker/Outreach Worker | ||
| Traveled to homeless shelters in the Baltimore community and assisted veterans to connect with various community and hospital resources. | ||
| Professional Licenses and Memberships | ||
| Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical, State of Maryland | ||
| National Association of Social Workers | ||
| Education | ||
| University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, MSW, 2001 | ||
| University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, BA, Sociology, 1998 | ||
| Continuing Education | ||
“Attachment Training Seminar”, Ann Haman, LCSW-C and Amy Grier, LCSW-C, Adoptions Together, Washington, D.C. Sept 2008 - Sept. 2009 (36 hours) |
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| “Parenting Adolescents Through Mindfulness: Overview of Dialectical Behavior Therapy,” Cynthia Talbot, LCSW-C, Adoptions Together, Baltimore, MD, July 12, 2008 (3 hours) | ||
| “Eastern Conference on Child Sexual Abuse Treatment,” University of Wisconsin-Extension, Arlington, VA, March 26, 2008 (6 hours) | ||
| “Clinician Renewal: Reclamation through Sand and Symbols,” Dee Preston-Dillon, Ph.D., Montgomery County Commission for Women Counseling and Career Center, Rockville, MD, February 9, 2008 (6 hours) | ||
| “Clinical Case Conference: Treatment of Adolescent Male Presenting with Psychotic Depression,” Elise Bhagwat, LCPC, Dr. Gonchigar, MD, Nick Rulley, Expressive Therapist, Kim Pastran, Chemical Dependancy Counselor, and Eileen Burk, RN, Potomac Ridge Behavioral Health, Chesapeake Acute Unit, Rockville, MD, January 2, 2008 (1 hour) | ||
| “Ethical Pitfalls: Avoiding Professional Hazards,” Cross Country Education, Hagerstown, MD, August 2, 2007 (6 hours) | ||
| “A Day with Fred Hanna,” Fred Hanna, Potomac Ridge Behavioral Health, Rockville, MD, June 8, 2007 (4.5 hours) | ||
| “Clinical Case Conference: Issues of Aging and Psychiatric Symptoms of Dementia,” Laurie Goldman, LCSW-C, Potomac Ridge Behavioral Health, Rockville, MD, June 6, 2007 (1 hour) | ||
| “Parent Empowerment: Counseling Parents in Positive Child-Rearing Practices,” Cross Country Education, Norfolk, VA, March 22, 2007 (6 hours) | ||
| “2007 30th Annual Psychotherapy Networker Symposium,” Washington, DC, March 17, 2008 (5 hours) | ||
| “Children and adolescent Grief and Loss,” Lauren Zeefe, M.Ed., LPC, CT, Health Education Network, LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, October 27, 2006 (6 hours) | ||
| “Compassionate Treatment of Adolescent Anguish,” Brad Sachs, Ph.D., Mental Health Association of Montgomery County, Rockville, MD, July 20, 2006 (3 hours) | ||
| “Compassionate Treatment of Adolescent Anguish,” Brad Sachs, Ph.D., Mental Health Association of Montgomery County, Rockville, MD, July 20, 2006 (3 hours) | ||
| “Clinical Case Presentation,” Potomac Ridge Staff, Potomac Ridge Behavioral Health, Rockville, MD, February 28, 2006 (1 hour) | ||
| “2006-29th Annual Psychotherapy Networker, Symposium,” Washington, DC, March 18, 2007 (5 hours) | ||