Casey Berkowitz, LMSW, is a master’s level clinician with experience working with children, teens, and parents. Casey originally hails from New York. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Brown University and her Master of Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she worked at the UNC Child and Adolescent Outpatient Unit. She has experience working in several mental health settings including schools, partial hospitalization programs, in-home therapy programs, crisis work, community settings, and outpatient therapy clinics.  

Casey approaches her clients with respect and compassion, working to create a strong, trusting therapeutic alliance to help clients feel safe and excited about their therapeutic journey. At NCFWC, Casey provides individual therapy to children, teens, and parents with a focus on anxiety, depression, OCD, behavior disorders, autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, and trauma. She also co-leads the Friendship Groups for ages 6-8 and 8-11 that aim to provide evidence-based social skills for children with social difficulties. Casey is trained in providing SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions), a parent-based treatment for children and adolescents with anxiety, OCD, and related problems. She works with parents doing Behavioral Parent Training and SPACE training. Casey also works with children ages 7-12 and their parents doing Behavior Emotion and Attention Management (BEAM), supporting families in building skills for managing behavior, controlling emotions, and improving focus for children with suspected or diagnosed ADHD. 

In therapy, Casey empowers her clients through a multidisciplinary approach. She supports her clients through developing healthy coping mechanisms, developing a strong sense of self, and working to feel safe in their body and environment. Casey’s evidence-based approaches include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), trauma focused-cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT), exposure and response prevention (ERP), and strengths-based approaches. Casey is certified in PCIT (Parent-Child Interaction Therapy), aimed at improving the quality of parent-child relationships for children ages 2-7 with emotional and behavioral struggles and experienced in delivering the adaptations Older-Child PCIT (OC-PCIT) for ages 7-10 and PCIT-CALM for anxiety and phobias in young children. 

Casey welcomes clients of all identities and backgrounds. Casey is proficient in Spanish and is currently under licensure supervision with Emily Hardcastle, LCSW. 

Licenses, Certifications, and Trainings:

-Certified in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) by PCIT International

-SPACE Trained by Dr. Eli Lebowitz, treatment founder.