Dr. Esther Rosen-Bernays - Psychologist in Rockville, Maryland specializing in individual psychotherapy, couples & marital counseling, and family support services.


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	51 Monroe Street, Suite 804 Rockville, Maryland 20850 (301) 871-7043
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Dr. Esther Rosen-Bernays was born in Zurich Switzerland and lived there for more than two decades. She graduated from the University of Zurich with a doctorate in clinical Psychology in 1992. Her education also included studying special education as well as philosophy, art and German literature.

Dr. Rosen-Bernays's clinical training covered a broad spectrum of perspectives and theories in understanding emotional suffering. Psychodynamic concepts have proven to be the most encompassing and meaningful theoretical framework in her work. Dr. Rosen-Bernays has studied Jungian as well as Freudian and Neo-Freudian concepts and explored dream analysis and dream interpretation. Since moving to the United States in 1988, she has become proficient in applying techniques of cognitive as well as behavioral psychotherapy. Dr. Rosen-Bernays has also studied art psychotherapy, and graduated from a two year group psychotherapy training institute offered by the Washington School of Psychiatry. In addition she is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), a recently developed and proven psychotherapeutic method.

During her professional career as a psychologist, Dr. Rosen-Bernays has worked in a wide variety of treatment settings ranging from a children's hospital, a children's residential school, school psychological services, a state hospital, a day treatment facility, a college counseling center and an outpatient treatment facility. Since establishing her private practice in 1999, Dr. Rosen-Bernays has worked with individuals to effectively address a broad range of issues including postpartum depression, anxiety and mood disorders, posttraumatic stress disorders, relationship issues, issues of sexual orientation, gender identity issues and addictions.

Dr. Rosen-Bernays speaks English and German fluently with some knowledge of French, Italian and Spanish. She is also fluent in American Sign Language and familiar with the culture of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

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Dr. Rosen-Bernays is mother of three children.