Bruce Berman, PhD

You deserve treatment that is effective, facilitates healing, and leads to positive outcomes in the shortest amount of time possible.

I am committed to providing therapy that lives up to this standard, that leaves you feeling deeply understood and guided in directions that help you have a fuller and richer experience of yourself, your feelings, and your relationships.

With regard to relationships, I know that for me experiencing a strong connection to others has been deeply meaningful and healing. In working with you I will aim for you to have a similar experience both within and outside your sessions.

 
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My Experience & Approach

AREAS OF TRAINING

Underpinning this commitment to provide my patients with the best possible treatment has been a career-long dedication to broadening and deepening my skills. I am trained in:

  • Psychoanalysis

  • Couples Therapy

  • Discernment Counseling

  • Sex Therapy

  • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)

  • Family Therapy

  • Marital Mediation

  • An array of services for separating and divorcing couples including Parenting Coordination, Child Inclusive Mediation, and Collaborative Divorce

 

SPECIALTIES & FOCUS AREAS

Having been in practice for over 35 years has allowed me to accumulate experience working with the range of problems people confront throughout their lives. This includes treating:

  • Sexual problems

  • Symptoms of anxiety and depression

  • Low self-esteem and feelings of inadequacy

  • Trauma

  • Personality disorders

  • Difficulties precipitated by work-related stress, relationship and family problems

  • Difficulties couples are having with problematic interactions, and the challenges posed by separation and divorce

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Familiarity and experience working with racially, ethnically, and culturally diverse individuals, couples, and families is one of the important ways I have been enriched by practicing in New York and is something I will be bringing to my work with you.

 

LGBTQ+ AFFIRMING

Providing an informed, affirmative approach to working with gay, lesbian, bisexual, nonbinary, trans, polyamorous, sexually non-monogamous, and kink-practicing individuals and couples also informs my approach to treatment.

Summary of Professional Information

 
Certifications

Bruce Berman, PhD

 

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Sex Therapy Supervisor, 2021 (American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists)

  • Sex Therapist, 2016 (American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists)

  • Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, 2013 (International Center for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy)

 
 
Education & Licensure

Bruce Berman, PhD

 

EDUCATION AND LICENSURE

  • Postdoctoral Diploma in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis (1993) Adelphi University

  • PhD, Clinical Psychology (1983), Adelphi University

  • MA, Clinical Psychology (1976) Adelphi University

  • BA, Psychology, (1970) University of Wisconsin

  • Licensed Psychologist, New York, #007713

Training

Bruce Berman, PhD

 

TRAINING

  • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy Level 3 (Advanced) (2020)

  • Child Inclusive Mediation (2014)

  • Discernment Counseling (2014)

  • Parenting Coordination, (2013), Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)

  • Sex Therapy Training Program (2011-12), NYU School of Medicine

  • Couples and Family Therapy Specialization (2006-07), Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis, New York University

Supervising

Bruce Berman, PhD

 

SUPERVISING MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

Supervising other mental health professionals is another important part of my professional experience and practice. I supervise psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy, couples therapy, and sex therapy and currently hold the following positions: 

  • Faculty and Supervisor, Sex Therapy Collaborative and Four-Year Psychoanalytic Training Programs, Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy (ICP)

  • Supervisor, Two-Year Psychodynamic Training Program (ICP)

  • Supervisor, Couple Program, Training Institute in Mental Health

  • Supervisor, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center