Dr. Brian Berman
(He/Him/His)
Psychologist, Psychotherapist
Welcome! I provide compassionate Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for mental health and addiction concerns. I look forward to your email or call!
I am a licensed clinical psychologist with 22 years of experience helping clients manage racing thoughts, anxiety, and life stress. I enjoy helping clients build meaningful life experiences especially when feeling lonely, empty or unfulfilled. Whether it is trauma, life transition, relationship concerns, addiction or test anxiety, I can help. My background is in using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help individuals develop healthy responses to unwanted thoughts and feelings. I utilize skills from Mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to help clients build self-compassion and present moment awareness. Psychotherapy is about learning to be present in your life, treating yourself kindly, and not avoiding meaningful experiences. I am humbled at the prospect of taking this journey with you and look forward to your email or call.
Practice hours (EST)
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
- Abuse
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Issues
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Image
- Burnout
- Career
- Childhood Abuse
- Chronic Illness/Pain
- Compulsive Exercise
- Conflict Resolution
- Depression
- Drug Use
- Eating Concerns
- End of Life
- Family Caregiving Stress
- Gambling Concerns
- Gaming/Internet Concerns
- Grief and Loss
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Insomnia
- Intimacy Concerns
- Life Transitions
- Loneliness/Isolation
- Men's Issues
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Obsessive-Compulsive Personality
- Panic
- Peer Difficulties
- Perfectionism
- Performance Anxiety
- Phobia
- Physical Assault
- Physical Stress
- Postpartum Depression
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Relationship(s) with Friends/Roommates
- Relationship(s) with Partner/Husband/Wife
- Self-Esteem
- Sex Addiction/Pornography Concerns
- Sexual Assault
- Sleep Concerns
- Social Anxiety
- Substance Use
- Trauma
- Work/Life Balance
Age groups
- Young adults (18-30)
- Adults (31-64)
- Seniors (65 or older)
Special groups
- Active duty military
- Adult children of alcoholics
- Veterans
Treatment specialties
Therapeutic modalities
- Behavior Modification
- Individual Therapy
Treatments
- Cognitive Restructuring
- Behavior Therapy
- Mindfulness Training
- Exposure Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Insomnia (CBT-I)
- Systematic Desensitization
- Sleep Restriction
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE)
- Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Location
Accommodations
Entering the practice
- Wide doorway
- Door can be opened easily
- Step-free entry
- Flat path to the front door
- Disabled parking spot (8ft / 2.4m)
Getting around
- Wide hallways (36” or 90cm)
- Elevators
Remote options
- Video
Payment options
Insurance
In-network coverage provided for the following insurance companies
- Blue Cross Blue Shield – Pennsylvania
- Out-of-pocket
- Documentation provided for patient filling
- Out-of-network insurance
- Sliding scale
- In-network insurance
Credentials
Licenses
PSYPACT Provider
Mobility number: 6423
Psychologist
PS017354, Pennsylvania
Publications
The Choice Point Model of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy With Inpatient Substance Use and Co-occurring Populations: A Pilot Study
2021, Frontiers in Psychology, doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.758356
See publication