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This website was developed by Dr Vincent Berger with the goal of helping each visitor
to grow intellectually and emotionally and, thus, help you to understand more, feel better, and to begin to be more satisfied and productive.
Please note that if you would like to contact Dr. Berger about his professional services, which are available anywhere, at anytime, please use this contact link
to start your free initial consultation. |
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Topics include Personal growth and personal development, Skill
enhancement, verbal Communication skills and Non-Verbal
communication, and the concerns of Aging and mental health. |
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Includes several key areas of interpersonal problems including Codependency,
Loneliness and relationships with Loved
ones I.e. relationship and marriage problems. Other topics include Rejection and Separation
and divorce. |
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Emotional problem areas include Anger and Anxiety
(GAD), Stress and Depression, Grief,
Mania and Stress.
Self-esteem concerns and Lack of confidence.
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Focuses on problems and help specific to sex and sexuality. These issues start with Male
Sexual concerns and Female Sexual concerns. Specific sexual problems explored include Gender
identity disorder (where a person has been assigned one gender, usually at birth, but identifies as belonging to another gender), Sexual
orientation issues, Bisexuality, Gay and lesbian lifestyles,
Fetishism (sexual arousal and activity involving non-human objects), Sadomasochism
(involving both sadism and masochism), Exhibitionism (the need to exhibit naked parts of the body), Frotteurism
(sexual pleasure from rubbing against another non-consensual person), and Voyeurism (sexual pleasure from observing other people). Finally,
there is a list of the many paraphilias. |
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Helps you understand fear, anxiety, and Panic
attacks, as well as specific phobias including Acrophobia
(fear of heights), Agoraphobia (fear of an embarrassing situation), Claustrophobia
(fear of enclosed or confined spaces), Monophobia (fear of being alone), Social
phobia (fear of exposed to possible scrutiny by others), and Performance anxiety. At the end of this section
is a comprehensive listing of all the phobias. |
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Discusses the major addictions of Drug and alcohol addiction, compulsive
eating and an obsession with weight and body image (Food addiction), Gambling
addiction and Internet addiction. Other addictions include Sex
and pornography addiction as well as Spending and shopping addictions, and Work
addiction. |
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Provides information to anyone either thinking of placing a child for adoption, or for someone who is trying to expand their family through a pregnancy
or through adoption. The major kinds of adoption (i.e. private
adoption or agency adoption, an open
adoption or closed adoption, and domestic
or international adoption) are discussed. There is a special section for
adoptees, for adopting persons, and for
birth mothers and birth fathers. Included is a special section on Infertility
and its physical and psychological impact. |
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Discussed in this section are ADD (attention deficit
disorder) and ADHD (attention deficit hyperactive disorder), Adjustment
disorder and Bipolar disorder including mania
and depression, Borderline personality
disorder (BPD) and Conduct disorders, Explosive
disorder, Hypochondria and Kleptomania,
Multiple personality disorder (MPD) and Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorder (OCD), PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), and Schizophrenia.
The final topic is Sleep disorders including Insomnia, Sleep Apnea, Restless Legs Syndrome, and Narcolepsy. |
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Focuses on the ever increasing problems surrounding Eating and weight
including Anorexia nervosa (characterized by low body weight and body image distortion) and Bulimia
nervosa (characterized by episodes of Binge-eating, and feelings of guilt, humiliation, and self-deprecation). Emotional
eating and problems with Excess weight are examined, as well as the issue of Weight
control. |
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Provides information regarding the developer of this website, Dr. Vince Berger, including Who he helps,
How he can help you, and What you can do next to receive
help. Both professional and personal information About Dr. Berger is provided. |
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Provides a definition of Psychologist,
Psychiatrist, Clinical psychologist,
Educational psychologist, Forensic psychologist,
and School psychologist; also Social
worker, Life coach, Personal
coach, Executive coach, Therapist,
Mental health professional, and Pastoral
counselor. |
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Treatment approaches include Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy,
as well as Behavioral therapy, Biofeedback,
Cognitive behavioral therapy, Desensitization,
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), Hypnotherapy,
Reality therapy, Neuro-Linguistic
programming, and Rational emotive therapy. Additional approaches include family therapy
and group therapy. |
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Describes some of the tests used by psychologists including Intelligence (IQ)
tests, the Myers-Briggs personality test, the MMPI
(Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory), Neuropsychological tests, and the Rorschach
(inkblot) test. |
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Provides information on people who have become famous for their contributions to the field of psychology including such people as Aaron
Beck, Milton Erickson, Sigmund
Freud, William Glasser, Carl
Jung, Timothy Leary, Fritz
Perls, Carl Rogers, B.F.
Skinner and many more.
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After reviewing the information on this site, if you want to consider having Dr. Berger personally provide you with professional
services, you can use the contact link to start your free initial consultation.
Dr. Berger's unique combination of credentials and experiences have allowed him to develop insights and skills that help him to produce rapid and positive results
for men and women who are on a quest to improve and expand the depth and quality of their life.
Dr. Berger has been recognized both nationally and internationally for his expertise and has over 38 years of experience in a wide variety of settings.
He has helped literally hundreds of men and women change and improve the quality of their personal and professional lives.
Dr. Berger is a Board Certified Forensic
Psychologist, a Ph.D. Educational Psychologist,
Certified School Psychologist, Clinical
Psychologist, Life and Personal
Coach. In his capacity as a licensed psychologist, he has received advanced professional recognition as a Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology, the American
Board of Forensic Psychology, and the American Board of Forensic Medicine. He has taught at both the graduate and undergraduate levels at several highly regarded universities, has served
as the head of both national and state programs, and has been a mental health consultant in many states. As a psychologist, therapist, marriage and family counselor, and coach, Dr. Berger
has worked with clients ranging from the the poorly motivated and highly dysfunctional to the extremely intelligent and successful.
You can contact Dr. Berger about his professional services by using this contact link. To learn more about Dr Berger, click here.
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