Veronica Bercovich
E-mail: vberco@gmailcom
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Behavioral Science (Magna Cum Laude)
East-West University – Chicago, Illinois, USA (06/20/2014) G.P.A.:3.71
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Educational Psychology
Universidad del Salvador – Buenos Aires, Argentina (1981 - 1987)
ECE (Educational Credential Evaluators Inc.) G.P.A.: 3.16
Associate in Psychology with Honors
Truman College – Chicago, IL (2007 - 2011)
Completion of Level 4, University Bridge, in the English Language Academy’s intensive four-course ESL
curriculum
DePaul University (2006)
High School (specialized in Primary School Teaching)
Colegio Nacional Normal Superior Manuel Dorrego, Morón, Argentina (1975-1979)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Philosophical Style, Inc. (USA)
(2014 to present) Organizational Development Consultant. Performance Coach
Private Praxis
12 years (1987-1999) of experience in diagnosing and treating Children and Adolescents with Learning Problems.
Vocational Orientation. Consulting for Parents and Teachers.
Member of Meikler Psycho-Pedagogy Post Graduate Institute.
(1995-96) Coordinator of the Symposium on “Creativity”
Organizer of the “First Argentine Symposium on “Eating Disorders and Learning Problems”
Hospital Praxis
3 years (1987-1990) of psycho-pedagogic praxis at the Pediatric Department of San Martín Hospital and at the Department of Psycho-Pedagogy of Manuel Rocca Rehabilitation Hospital.
Work for the Argentine Ministry of Education
Educational Assistant (School # 8, Haedo, Argentina)
Educational Assistant for deaf and hearing-impaired children. (School # 17, Merlo, Argentina)
Professional in charge of groups of children with neurological deficiencies.
Academic Experience
Professor of Evolutive Psychology I & II (John F. Kennedy University) 1994-1996
Professor of Psychology of Teaching (John F. Kennedy University) 1993-1995
Professor of General and Evolutive Psychology (Department of Geography, Consejo Superior de Enseñanza Católica) 1990-1992
Assistant Professor of Evolutive Psychology II, (School of Psychology of Teaching, Consejo Superior de Enseñanza Católica) 1989-1997
Assistant Professor of Neurology (John F. Kennedy University) 1993-1995
Assistant Professor of Neuro-physiology (John F. Kennedy University) 1994-1995
SKILLS
Coaching and Consulting for Enterprises, Educational Organizations, and Health Institutions.
Diagnostic and treatment of psychosomatic disorders (stress, alcoholism, anorexia, and addiction)
PUBLICATIONS
“Anorexia and Bulimia”, Magazine “Treinta Días y Ud”. (November 1994)
“Adolescence and Setting Limits” Magazine “Treinta Días y Ud”.
“I’m thirty and …” Magazine “Diet” 1996
“Philosophical Therapy”: a solution to the social problem of drug dependency. Publication of the “Primeras Jornadas Triversitarias”, John F. Kennedy University, 1995
AWARDS
First Prize for the video film: “Anorexia”, granted by Pediatric Department of Zubizarreta Hospital in the frame of the 13th Symposium on Adolescence (1994)