Deloria Berks LCSW, CASACT

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Get to know Anxiety and OCD Specialist Deloria Berks, who serves the population of New York, New York. Deloria completed her undergraduate degree with Rutgers University where she was awarded the Scholarship Recipient for Artistic Achievement. Wanting to further her education she graduated with her Master of Social Work from Fordham University in 2007, giving her over a decade of experience in her field. There she graduated Phi Kappa Phi with the National Honor Society. After graduation she completed her psychoanalysis and psychotherapy clinical training with the Alanson White Institute, the National Institute for Psychotherapies, Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis, and the Center for Self Leadership. She completed training with the University of PA Anxiety Clinic for PTSD and OCD. She is trained in Exposure/Response Prevention treatment for OCD; and Exposure Therapy for PTSD. She has also completed level one for NYS in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing). And currently, working with IFS (Internal Family Systems) through the Center for Self Leadership. She has presented at conferences and to general audiences speaking on the topics of Substance Abuse, Stress Managment, and Hypnosis. Deloria was the clinician for The Mental Health Treatment Study, a special research project launched by the Social Security Administration and Dartmouth University, in 26 cities around the nation, working with mentally ill and homeless populations in the NYC area. Deloria is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Court Appointed Special Advocates volunteer. To stay up to date in her field she remains a professional member of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, National Association of Social Workers, American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work, and the Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis. She currently practices with her private practice Stress to Serenity and is also affiliated with The Mount Sinai Hospital. She holds an expertise in OCD, Anxiety, Substance Abuse, Depression, Relationship Issues, Trauma, Anger Issues, and Hypnosis for Stress Management. Social Work is an academic discipline and profession that concerns itself with individuals, families, groups and communities in an effort to enhance social functioning and overall well-being. Social functioning refers to the way in which people perform their social roles, and the structural institutions that are provided to sustain them. Social work applies social sciences, such as sociology, psychology, political science, public health, community development, law, and economics, to engage with client systems, conduct assessments, and develop interventions to solve social and personal problems; and create social change. Social work practice is often divided into micro-work, which involves working directly with individuals or small groups; and macro-work, which involves working communities, and within social policy, to create change on a larger scale. Deloria attributes her professional success to her desire for her patients to lead healthier lives. When not working, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, going to Woodstock, and traveling.

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