Allen Berger, Ph.D.

Clinical Director, The Institute for Optimal Recovery and Emotional Sobriety
The Institute for Optimal Recovery and Emotional Sobriety
Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Allen Berger, Ph.D. received a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of California, Davis. He has over 50 years of clinical experience and has trained counselors and psychotherapists throughout the US, Canada, and Europe. Dr. Berger was trained by Walter Kempler, M.D., a pioneer in relationally based Gestalt Therapy for over 20 years and became a member of The Kempler Institute's International Training Staff. Currently Dr. Berger is the clinical director of The Institute for Optimal Recovery and Emotional Sobriety and The Institute for Gestalt Experiential Psychotherapy. Dr. Berger has written extensively about the process of recovery and is best known for integrating modern psychotherapy with the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. His most recent book, 12 Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety, is considered a definitive work on emotional sobriety.

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Presentation(s):

• 225 - Ethically Addressing Ruptures to the Therapeutic Alliance Part I

  Saturday, September 30, 2023
  10:15 AM – 11:45 AM MDT

• 276 - Ethically Addressing Ruptures to the Therapeutic Alliance - Part II

  Saturday, September 30, 2023
  1:15 PM – 2:45 PM MDT

• 300 - Where We Have Been Where We Are Now: An Update on Emotional Sobriety and It's Central Role in the Process of Recovery

  Sunday, October 1, 2023
  8:30 AM – 9:30 AM MDT