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Dafna Berman, MSW, LCSW

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Specializes in: Social Work
Professional interests include: gender dysphoria, psychotherapy treatment, relationship issues, and more.
W129 N7055 Northfield Drive
Menomonee Falls, WI 53051

Dafna Berman, MSW, LCSW is a social worker in Menomonee Falls, WI specializing in social work. Dafna Berman, MSW, LCSW is affiliated with Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Regional Health Network and FROEDTERT ANDTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS INC.

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W129 N7055 Northfield Drive
Menomonee Falls, WI 53051

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Some issues Dafna Berman, MSW, LCSW can help you with:

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health disorder that people may develop after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event. PTSD causes recurring nightmares, flashbacks, and disturbing memories about the traumatic event. It is frequently triggered by particularly intense and life-threatening incidents. For example, someone involved in a serious car accident may have severe anxiety about the accident months or even years later. War veterans and people involved in armed conflict are particularly prone to developing PTSD. In decades past, PTSD was called shellshock and was used to describe the negative emotions that soldiers endured from war. Today, medical professionals who treat PTSD recognize that it can occur in all types of people and can result from all types of traumatic incidents. It is not known exactly why some people develop PTSD, although PTSD frequently arises from:

  • Accidents
  • Sexual or physical assault
  • Combat
  • Childhood abuse
  • Domestic abuse
  • Natural disasters
  • Torture and kidnapping

People who have experienced significant and repeated trauma are more likely to develop PTSD. Those who have disorders like depression or a family history of depression may also be more prone to PTSD. PTSD symptoms typically begin one month to one year following the traumatic event. There are four main categories of PTSD symptoms:

  • Intrusive memories: Intrusive memories include unwanted memories, feelings of reliving the traumatic event, distressing nightmares, and emotional disturbances from triggers (signs that serve as reminders of the traumatic event). Intrusive memories can lead to elevated heart rate, anxiety, combativeness (fight), withdrawal (flight), and many other responses.
  • Avoidance: Avoidance is an attempt to avoid speaking or thinking about an upsetting event. People with this response might also try to avoid certain people or locations that prompt memories of an event.
  • Changes in physical and emotional reactions: These changes may include difficulty sleeping, hypervigilance, self-destructive behavior, and feelings of guilt and irritability.
  • Alterations in cognition and mood: Alterations can cause negative self-beliefs, depression, shame, and detachment from others.

The intensity and frequency of these symptoms can vary over time. PTSD symptoms may suddenly return after disappearing for years. Many PTSD patients find treatment helps to gradually reduce their symptoms over time.

The most common treatments for PTSD are psychotherapy and oral medications. Psychotherapy for PTSD can include cognitive therapy (therapy to change thought patterns), exposure therapy (therapy to confront memories of the traumatic incident) and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (EMDR). EMDR integrates exposure therapy with guided eye movements to help patients confront and process their trauma. Certain oral medications may help with PTSD, such as antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications. Self-care, support groups, and relaxation may also benefit those with PTSD.

The path to overcoming PTSD can be long and challenging and people with PTSD can benefit greatly by seeking professional treatment from a mental health care provider. Treatment can reduce PTSD symptoms, provide essential coping strategies, and improve one's quality of life.

Psychotherapy Treatment

Psychotherapy is commonly referred to as talk therapy or simply therapy. Trained therapists help and guide patients as they talk through issues in their life and problem-solve ways to make healthy changes.

The use of therapy is extremely common, with millions of people going through therapy each year in the United States alone. It can be useful for patients who want to learn coping skills when they are facing difficult issues or need to heal from past trauma. Therapy can also be a support tool when patients are facing stressful periods in their life. Essentially, therapy is helpful any time life events require more mental or emotional resources than a patient currently has. Change is a major theme of therapy, offering a supportive environment for patients to make changes to their life or themselves so that past problems stop recurring in the future.

There are several different types of psychotherapy, with the most common being cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT. This type of therapy focuses on the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, is a form of CBT that encourages acceptance and validation as well as change. Interpersonal therapy focuses on relationships and communication as a pathway to feeling better. Psychoanalysis, an older form of therapy invented by Sigmund Freud, teaches that all problems stem from the unconscious.

Although many people see therapists by themselves, not all psychotherapy is one-on-one. For example, in family therapy, the therapist treats a family as a unit. Patients can also participate in group therapy, where they meet as a group to work on issues.

Psychotherapy is a safe, powerful healing tool that can help patients lead happier and healthier lives. However, therapy is a joint effort between the patient and the therapist. Both need to work together in order for therapy to be effective.

Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a long-lasting, or chronic, severe mental illness that affects the way people think, feel, and behave. If someone has this condition, they likely have difficulty distinguishing reality from fantasy and may experience the following:

  • Hallucinations, which means someone sees or hears things that are not real.
  • Delusions, which are false beliefs that someone strongly holds on to.
  • Trouble communicating, organizing thoughts, making decisions, and paying attention.
  • Inability to remember things, complete tasks, show interest in activities, and sustain relationships.

A comprehensive psychiatric evaluation is necessary to identify this illness, and one of the top criteria for a diagnosis of schizophrenia is that at least some of the symptoms listed above have to be present for a minimum of six months. The causes of schizophrenia are unclear, but studies have linked it to genetics, abnormalities in brain structure, and immune disorders. It has also been found to affect men and women equally, with onset typically occurring earlier in men.

Although there is no cure for schizophrenia, some treatments can help people manage their disease. For example, physicians may prescribe antipsychotics which are a group of medications that can reduce symptoms. Patients can also learn useful coping skills and get emotional support by regularly taking part in individual talk therapy and having family members participate in group therapy sessions.

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2013 - 2021

Volume of procedures performed by Dafna Berman, MSW, LCSW for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dafna Berman, MSW, LCSW treated as a social worker in Menomonee Falls, WI were mental health therapy.

mental health therapy 241

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2013 - 2021

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dafna Berman, MSW, LCSW.

Gender
Female 5
Male 4
Age
85 and over
75 to 84
Less than 65 5
65 to 74 4

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dafna Berman, MSW, LCSW From 2013 - 2021

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dafna Berman, MSW, LCSW treated were depression, hypertension and high cholesterol.

Hypertension 33
High Cholesterol 19
Stroke
Ischemic Heart Disease
Depression 59
Chronic Kidney Disease
Asthma
Osteoporosis
Heart Failure
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Diabetes
Atrial Fibrillation
Cancer
Dementia

Education & Training

She has a state license in Wisconsin.

Licensed In: Wisconsin

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dafna Berman, MSW, LCSW is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Regional Health Network
FROEDTERT ANDTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS INC

Ratings & Reviews

Dafna Berman, MSW, LCSW has an exceptional overall rating with an average of 5.0 out of 5 stars based on 1 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dafna Berman, MSW, LCSW from all over the web to help you find the right in Menomonee Falls, WI. 

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Overall Rating: 5.0 2023-11-08
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Dafna is so helpful. In just a few years I have gone from believing I will never see progress to seeing tremendous progress and improvement in myself.

Biography

Ms. Dafna Berman's specialty is social work. Her clinical interests include gender dysphoria, psychotherapy treatment, and mood disorders. She speaks Hebrew. Ms. Berman is professionally affiliated with Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Regional Health Network. According to Doctor.com, she is currently accepting new patients at her office in Menomonee Falls, WI.

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