Dave Berger, LCMHC, PT, MA has practiced physical therapy and psychotherapy for 30 years, uniquely integrating his practices for clients with physical pain and movement problems, trauma histories, back and neck problems, PTSD, and anxiety disorders. He uses a diverse array of traditional and complementary healing practices. Dave is a certified Somatic Experiencing^® practitioner, consultant and teacher of the long-term training. He is also a Rosen Method Bodywork practitioner.

Dave is a mental health counselor (New Hampshire), marriage and family therapist (California) and physical therapist. He uses his training in verbal and somatic/body oriented psychotherapy in his work with clients. He understands the relationship between an individual's challenges, their family system dynamics, and cultural issues. In therapy a client may expect to talk, use body awareness and relaxation, trauma renegotiation, hands-on (when appropriate) interventions, movement and exercise to help in their healing process.

As a physical therapist Dave is trained in a number of manual techniques including craniosacral therapy, visceral manipulation, myofascial release, joint mobilization, and muscle energy technique. He uses exercise, movement education, relaxation, ergonomic education and physical therapy modalities, blending them with aspects of several somatics approaches such as Rosen Method, Feldenkrais, Alexander Technique and Authentic Movement.

Dave has developed a new training, BASE™, Bodywork And Somatic Education for trauma therapists, which brings together his integrative healing arts work in the field of Somatics.  His continuing dream, in the field and in this training, is to provide education and opportunity for healing arts practitioners to learn to work along the continuum typically referred to as 'body-mind' therapies, a dichotomy he considers misleading but popularly used. 

Dave received his bachelor's degree in Somatopsychology from the University of Maryland. His graduate degrees are from Stanford University in Physical Therapy and California Institute of Integral Studies in Psychology with a specialty in Somatic Psychology. He has been a professor in physical therapy and has been adjunct faculty at several colleges. Dave is on faculty with the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute.

Dave enjoys spending time with his family bicycling, hiking, traveling,  cross-country skiing, playing soccer and kayaking.

Center for Integrative Medicine

CFIM opened in 1999 to provide a balanced approach to health care.  Many pracititioners are trained in both allopathic (conventional) health care and holistic or complementary approaches.  These include Integrative Bodywork, Acupuncture, Naturopathic Medicine, Massage, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, Sound Therapy, and more.  We work closely as a team and with primary care providers in the community to provide patients with individualized treatment.

For more information about CFIM please visit www.cfim.org

Education, Licensing and Certifications

Education

University of Maryland

December 1978

BS in Individual Studies

Field of Study:  Somatopsychology

Stanford University

MA in Physical Therapy

June 1981

Advanced Study:  Curriculum Design and Instruction

California Institute of Integral Studies

MA in Psychology

June 1991 

Specialization in Somatic Psychology

Licenses and Certifications

Physical Therapist

California and New Hampshire

Marriage, Family Therapist

California (lic. # 39176)

Clinical Mental Health Counselor

New Hampshire

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Somatic Experiencing^® Practitioner

Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute (formerly, Foundation for Human Enrichment), Boulder Colorado.  1999 

Rosen Method Bodywork Practitioner

Rosen Institute, Berkeley California.  1987 

Dave is a faculty member for Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute and teaches the Somatic Experiencing Training.  He has developed an advanced training called Bodywork and Touch for Trauma Therapists.  He has also been a professor of physical therapy at Notre Dame College and Franklin Pierce College in New Hampshire, and has held adjunct faculty positions at several colleges.