Gail R. Berger, L.M.S.W. Rome, New York 13440 E-Mail: bergergail@gmail.com Education M.S.W. Social Work, Adelphi University School of Social Work, Garden City, New York, June, 1979. First year internship as clinician & researcher-14 hours, second year 21 hours per week. B.A. Psychology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, June, 1974. Internship 4 hours weekly as a developmental psychological researcher. Academic Honors 1978.79Levenstein Scholarship-Adelphi School of Social Work-Perform research for the school. Developed a questionnaire and documented procedure implemented. Post-Graduate Special Training 2001 EMDR Level I- 17 CE Hours/Credits, September 21-23, Smithtown, New York. License 1979-New York State Licensed Master's in Social Work (L.M.S.W.) Present Positions in Clinical Social Work 1999-7/05 Independent Practice, Rome, New York. Specialty: High risk adolescents histories of PTSD in foster placement and sexual offenders. Referrals from foster placements. Practice: Redecision Therapy, EMDR, Systematic Reexposure & Reprocessing Trauma Therapy for PTSD. 3/97-10/99 Clinician & Clinical Supervisor-Foster Care, House of the Good Shepherd, Utica, New York. Specialty: Structural and Strategic Family Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Goulding’s Redecision and Gestalt Therapies-Composed Treatment and Behavioral Plans. 9/88-9/90 Clinician-Rome Family Services, Rome, New York. Specialty: Structural and Strategic Family Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. 6/80-4/82 Caseworker-Wichita Falls Community Mental Health-Mental Retardation Center, Wichita Falls, Texas. Specialty: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Group Therapy with moderately to mild developmentally disabled adults. Instructor in Psychology & Social Work 1/01-6/01 Adjunct Faculty-Utica College, Utica, New York -Introduction to Psychology-PSY 101 1/01-6/01 Adjunct Faculty-Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica-Rome, New York. Children in Crisis-ED277; Child & Adolescence-PY202-S2. Neuroscience Research 12/01-9/02 Neuroscience Research Assistant (Laboratory Assistant & Clinical Investigator) Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York. Prepared mounted brain tissue on microscopic slides. Reviewed literature, plotted imaging activations & deactivations on cingulate cortex for a meta-analysis on emotion. Used computer neuroimaging analysis program, SPM (Statistical Parametric Mapping). Journal Article & Online Publication Web Site-Sharing Professional Ideas: http://www.nature-nurture.org. Vogt, B.A., Berger, G.R., & Derbyshire, S.W. (2003). Structural and functional dichotomy of human midcingulate cortex. European Journal of Neuroscience, 18(11), 3134-44. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2003.03034.x Presentations & Workshops Neuroscience 5/12/07 Assessment of Self in Interaction & the Medial Prefrontal Cortex. Poster Session. Neural Systems in Social Behavior. A collaboration between University of Texas at Austin and University of California at Davis and Berkely in Austin, Texas. 2003 Proceedings of the Organization of Human Brain Mapping. Poster Session. Vogt BA, Drossman DA, Ringel Y, Lin W, Leserman J, Berger G, Derbyshire S. Anterior midcingulate cortex; Meta analysis of fear and long-duration noxious responses correlated with rectal pain in irritable bowel syndrome case with abuse. Abuse & Neglect 12/14/02 Short-term PTSD Treatment with an Adolescent. Poster Session. University of California at Los Angeles’ (UCLA’s)-PTSD Conference: Biological, Clinical, & Cultural Approaches to Trauma’s Effects, UCLA, Los Angeles, California. 10/29/01 The Impact of Abuse and Neglect on Child Development and Treatment. Presentation 1 ½ hour. Child Welfare League of America’s Mid-West Region Training Conference-Cleveland Rocks: The Times They Are a Changin’ Cleveland, Ohio. 7/25/01 Helping Children to Heal Their Histories of Abuse and Neglect. Presentation 1 ½ hour. Child Welfare League of America’s The Third National Kinship Care Conference: Sustaining Kinship Ties: Permanency and Beyond, Chicago Illinois. 9/25/00 Neuropsychological Consequences of Family Violence on Child Development and Its Clinical Implications. Presentation ½ hour. Family Violence & Sexual Assault Institute’s 5th International Conference on Family Violence: Advocacy, Assessment, Intervention, Research, Prevention, & Policy, Town & Country Hotel & Convention Center, San Diego, Ca. Attachment 8/3/00 Teen Parenting: How to Raise a Happy and Healthy Child. Presentation 1 ½ hour. Child Welfare League of America’s Florence Crittenton Roundtable 2000, Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention and Parenting-Building Bridges to Success, Grand Hyatt Hotel, San Francisco, Ca. 10/2/99 Brain Plasticity and the Developmental Needs of Children. Presentation 2 hours. Utica College of Syracuse University’s Child Life and Continuing Education Professional Development Programs’ Child Life in the Global Community. Holiday Inn, Utica, N.Y. 10/20/98 Attachment Issues and Outcome-Based Family Treatment. Presentation 2 hours. Utica College of Syracuse University’s Psychology - Child Life & Continuing Education Professional Development Programs’ Celebrating Children Child Life Conference. Ramada Inn, Utica, N.Y. 7/8/98 Adolescent Pregnancy: Attachment and Prevention. Presentation. 1 ½ hour. Child Welfare League of America’s Florence Crittenton Roundtable, Navigating the Currents of Change, Charleston Place Hotel, Charleston, S. Carolina. 3/26/97 Short Term Therapy in the Managed Care Environment: Redecision Therapy. Presentation ½ hour. NASW Mohawk Valley Division, Holiday Inn, Utica, N.Y. Other Education & Experience B.S. Finance, State University of New York at Utica-Rome, Utica, New York, May 2006. Community Service 5/16/96-2007 United Way of Rome and Western Oneida County, Panel Reviewer, Rome,New York. Volunteer to review the budgetary grant submissions of three United Way agencies for 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, & 2006. 9/98-1/05 Mental Health Subcommittee of the Community Mental Health Services Board. Utica, New York. Participate on this County subcommittee of the Community Mental Health Services Board to help in the planning for the mentally ill in the community. Provided advisement for developing a services directory for the committee to help in community planning. 4/98-12/00 Oneida County Youth Bureau Advisory Board. Utica, New York. 9/96-12/98 Oneida County Aging & Mental Health Committee. Utica, New York. 3/96-6/99 Division Representative & Board Member of the New York State, National Association of Social Workers-Mohawk Valley Division. 3/92-6/99 Mohawk Valley Division N.A.S.W. (National Association of Social Workers), Steering Committee. References Upon request