Position:
Founder, Therapist, specializing in grief and loss at Center for Loss & Healing, Psychotherapist at Center for Loss, Bereavement, & Healing
Work:
Center for Loss & Healing
- 860 Worcester Rd., Suite 102, Framingham, MA 01701 since Jul 2007
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Founder, Therapist, specializing in grief and loss
Center for Loss, Bereavement, & Healing
since Jan 2005
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Psychotherapist
Various Colleges and Universities
- Massachusetts Jan 2001 - Dec 2008
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Adjunct Faculty and Assistant Professor of Management
Keystone Associates
Jun 2001 - Jul 2003
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Career Counselor
Berger Consulting Group
1995 - 1998
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President
Corporations Against Drug Abuse
1990 - 1994
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Vice President, Workplace Programs
Center for Addictive Behaviors
1979 - 1989
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Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operations Officer
Education:
Mount Ida College 2001 - 2006
Certificate, Thanatology (Dying, Death & Bereavement)
Harvard University Graduate School of Education 1981 - 1986
Doctorate in Education, Administration, Planning, and Social Policy
Boston University 1972 - 1975
MSW, Community Organization/Administration
Boston University 1963 - 1967
B.A., Philosophy & Government
Skills:
Psychotherapy, Career Counseling, Non-profits, Teaching, Resume Writing, Higher Education, Community Outreach, Psychology, Mental Health, Organizational Development, Family Therapy, Treatment, Counseling Psychology, Career Development, Training, Coaching, Staff Development, Adolescents, Proposal Writing, Healthcare, Workshop Facilitation, Research, Public Speaking, Nonprofits, Career Assessment, Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Crisis Intervention, Program Development, Grant Writing
Interests:
Animals of all kinds, my siamese cats in particular
Honor & Awards:
The Five Ways We Grieve, Boston: Shambala Publications, October 2009
Faculty Excellence Award, 2007, Emmanuel College
"Helping Survivors Find New Identity through an Innovative Typology," in resources in Education, ERIC/CASS, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC 2001
Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan: Turnaround Strategy in a Time of Crisis. NESAP NEWS, December 2001 Vol 5 Issue 3
Best Practices for Maintaining and Enhancing Delivery of Mental Health Care in Rural Areas Under Medicaid Managed Behavioral Healthcare, Susan A. Berger, Ed.D. and Holly Korda Ph.D., Open Minds, October, 1998.
Creating a Consumer and Family-Oriented Health Care System, An Environmental Scan of Reforms Impacting Mental Health and Substance Abuse Care, Veronica Goff and Susan Berger, Ed.D., Washington Business Group on Health, Washington, DC, March 1997