Helen Adrienne, LCSW, BCD, has been a licensed clinical social worker in private practice since 1979.  She has served men, women and couples both as a general therapist and as a specialist in the mental health impact of reproductive issues.  She conducts mind/body stress reduction classes for NYU Fertility Center and is a New York State approved provider of trainings for mental health professionals on the parameters of infertility at national and international conferences.  Helen has authored many articles on infertility which can be found on The Baby Manifest-O Blog on her web site, www.helenadrienne.com.

A graduate of Rutgers University and Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service, Helen went on to train in Family Therapy and Ericksonian Hypnotherapy.  She is a board certified Diplomat in Clinical Social Work and an approved consultant for the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis. 

EDUCATION:

            Master of Social Work (MSW) – Fordham University, 1979.  Focused my training on clinical aspects of personal, interpersonal, family and group dynamics.

            Bachelor of Arts (BA in American Studies) – Douglass College, 1967.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING:

• Ongoing Master Class with world-renown hypnotherapist,

Dr. Jeffrey Zeig, May, 2002 – present.

• Advanced Certificate Program in Navigating the Soul’s

Journey with Dr. Christine Page, May, 2000 – June 2003.  (Sponsored by the National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine)

• Advanced Certificate Program in Clinical Hypnotherapy at

the New York Society for Ericksonian Psychotherapy and Hypnosis (NYSEPH).  Completed December, 1998; received valedictory award. 

• Training in Mind/Body Medicine, Harvard University, July and

December, 2000. 

• Continuing Education credits focusing on the emotional

Aspects of OB/GYN, Behavioral Therapy, Family Therapy, Trauma, Group Work, Energy Medicine, Burt Hellinger’s Family Constellations, Meditation,  Guided Imagery and various aspects of hypnosis.

EXPERIENCE:

• Psychotherapist – May, 1979 – present. Private practice in

New York City and Suffern, New York (now Ramsey, New Jersey).  I am a general therapist, with a specialty in the emotional dimensions of obstetrics and gynecology, especially infertility.  I work on both a long and short term basis with individuals and couples and run mind/body stress-reduction classes for infertility.

• Group Leader - May, 2001 – present. I have run 10-week or day-long

mind/body psychoeducational support groups for infertility patients.  Since 2009 I run stress-reduction groups at the prestigious NYU Fertility Center.

• Supervisor – September, 1979 – present. Several private

Practitioners, trainees or ASCH members have worked under my supervision.

• Faculty – October 2007 – 2011. Taught hypnosis for the New York

Society for Ericksonian Psychotherapy and Hypnosis (NYSEPH).

• Co-Trainer – with Dr. Jeffrey Zeig in the Master Class in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy, which I host. 2011 and ongoing.
• Faculty Member – Rockland Community College in the credit-

free program, 1983 – 1996 (program terminated due to finances).  Led workshops on premenstrual syndrome and menopause.

• Adjunct Instructor of Obstetrics and Gynecology – Lectured

to medical students and attendings on the emotional aspects of infertility.

• Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New

Brunswick, NJ, June, 1985 – June, 1989.

• New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, June 1989-

June, 1996.

 PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS:

• Member – National Association of Social Workers
• Member – Academy of Certified Social Workers
• Member – NYS Society of Clinical Social Work Psychotherapists
• Member – American Society for Reproductive Medicine
• Member – Psychological Special Interest Group, above society
• Member – Association for Spirituality and Psychotherapy
• Member – American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH)
• Certified Practitioner – Above Society
• Approved Consultant – Above Society
• Member – NYS Society for Ericksonian Psychotherapy & Hypnosis (NYSEPH)
• Founding Member – NYC Chapter of Resolve (as Helen Berman)
• Listed – Diplomate in Social Work in the NASW Clinical Registry
• Credential – Diplomat in Social Work (DSW)
• Credential – Board Certified Diplomat (BCD) American Board of

Examiners

REGISTRATION:

• New York License #R022251; New Jersey License #SC003994