Catherine Berger, M.A., CRC

Catherine Berger has a master’s degree in vocational and rehabilitation counseling, a bachelor’s degree in psychology, and associate degrees in social and behavioral science and child development. She has over six years of experience working directly with Veterans that have disabilities providing counseling, assessments, and developing education and employment plans to help overcome their impediments to employment. She has worked in public and private agencies, nonprofit organizations, advocacy centers, and educational institutions from preschools to universities. Through years of experience, she has become a well-rounded intuitive counselor, efficient in leading, teaching, training, mentoring, and supervising others. She has a background that includes individual and group counseling, neurofeedback coaching, mentoring, advocacy, instruction, formulating and developing case plans, action plans, case management, forensic interviewing, conflict resolution, and crisis interventions. Her work experience in counseling and human services includes working with individuals and groups from diverse populations with complex needs that includes people that have been marginalized due to addiction, physical disabilities, cognitive disabilities, traumatic brain injuries, trauma, and racial, religious, ethnic, gender identity, and socioeconomic circumstances. She has extensive experience in program development and implementation, community collaboration, and organizing with stakeholders to host events such as City workdays, volunteer and international events including the Special Olympics in 2015.