Some of Lisa Berzins’s practice specialties include depression, eating disorders, addictions, body image issues, anxiety, and emotional control. She uses techniques like self-compassion and mindfulness to teach her patients to respond to their own pain with kindness, to reduce suffering and encourage life satisfaction, curiosity, self-confidence, gratitude, and happiness.
Psychologist At Connecticut Valley Hospital
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by Connecticut Valley Hospital
Psychologist Consult to the treatment team on a 30-bed male rehab unit, Provide trauma-informed individual psychotherapy, lead a self-compassion group and previously facilitated a Mindfulness Relapse Prevention Group, provide supervision for doctoral students and staff.
Marcus Brown Award for Exceptional Contribution to Integrative Medicine byValley Hospital.
(2016)
Residential Life Appreciation by Trinity College.
(1996)
Award for Community Activism by the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance.
(1995)
University of Kentucky
(1977-1982)
Brandeis University
(1973-1977)