Susan Berg, DSW
Degree
DSW
Title
Clinical Social Worker
Description of Practice/Services Offered
Port Jefferson, LI – Private Practice - Psychotherapy
Manhattan, NY – Supervivison/Training
Areas of Research
PTSD/The Hidden Trauma of Everyday Sexism
Professional Education
Master of SW: Stony Brook SSW ’79, Post-Master’s in Clinical SW: Adelphi SSW ‘94, DSW: Hunter SSW ’01
Institute Training: Gestalt Center of LI ‘86
Credentials/Board Certification
NYS Licensed LCSW
Honors/Awards
Heilbrun Award for Feminist Research, CUNY ‘01
Publications
Sexist Discrimination and Its Link to Violence. The Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence, Sage Publications (In publication.)
Everyday Sexism and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Women: A Correlational Study. Violence Against Women, October 2006
The PTSD Diagnosis: Is it Good for the Women? Affilia, Journal of Women and Social Work, Spring 2002
“Working for Women’s Health: The Women’s Health Alliance” Women and Health, Fall, 1980
Presentations/Media
Association of Women in Psychology Conference, Feminist Psychology: Future Tense, Tampa, FL, February 2005. "Everyday Sexism and PTSD in Women: A Correlational Study."
Hunter College School of Social Work Common Day, November 25, 2002
Keynote Address, “Poverty and PTSD: The Mind/Body Connection”
Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services Conference, Building Safe Communities: Coping with Uncertainty and Violence, New York, NY, October 7, 2002
“Everyday Sexism and PTSD in Women: A Correlational Study”
International Society of Trauma Stress Studies, December, 2001, New Orleans, LA
Poster presentation: “Everyday Sexism and PTSD in Women”
Social Work and Feminism Conference, April 2000, Hunter College School of Social Work, “Sexism and Women’s Mental Health”
Social Work and Feminism Conference, October, 1998, Hunter College School of Social Work “The Impact of PTSD on Women’s Mental Health”
Gestalt Center of Long Island, Fourteenth Annual Conference, 1993
“A Gestalt Paradigm for the Treatment of Bias, Hate and Oppression,”
Gestalt Center of Long Island, Tenth Annual Conference, 1989
“Dream Along With Me: The Use of Guided Imagery in Therapy,”
Association of Women in Psychology, National Conference, 1985, New York, NY
“Drawing from the Right Side of the Libido: The Use of Guided Imagery
for the Enhancement of Sexual Functioning”
International Psychiatric Research Society, GWAN, 1981, New York, NY
“Women and Depression: Treatment in a Group Setting”
NASW Conference on Social Work in Sexist Society, 1980, Wash. DC,
“Women and the Medical Establishment: Community Social Work Provides an Answer”
_ Contact_____________________________________________________________________
Phone: 631-928-2175
Email: susanhberg@gmail.com
Appointment Scheduling: Call for information/availability