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The staff of Post Trauma Resources includes:

Lawrence BergmannLawrence H. Bergmann, Ph.D., LPC/S, CTS is the President and Founder of Post Trauma Resources. His career with survivors of trauma began with Vietnam veterans in the late 1970’s. Since that time, he has provided psychotherapy to hundred of trauma survivors and their families, and has worked with business, industry and the public sector to coordinate and provide trauma response efforts after natural, industrial and manmade disasters. Dr. Bergmann coordinates the clinical, trauma response and training efforts of Post Trauma Resources. He has received the Humanitarian Award from the South Carolina Victims Assistance Network and was appointed the State Office of Victims Assistance Advisory Counsel by Governor Jim Hodges. Most recently, he has been working with the Jefferson Institute of Justice Studies and the Office of Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice to develop responses to mass criminal victimization such as Columbine High School shooting and the Oklahoma City bombing.

Roger Deal
Roger M. Deal, M.D is the medical director of Post Trauma Resources. Dr. Deal provides consultation to the staff as well as direct services to survivors of trauma and specializes in workers’ compensation issues for Post Trauma Resources.  Dr. Deal began his work in the post trauma field while serving as a medical officer in the U.S. Army in the 1970’s, treating military victims of various trauma , primarily aircraft accidents and other physical injuries , and civilian victims of domestic abuse. He later spent several years working at the Medical College of Georgia and the VA hospital in Augusta where he treated Vietnam-era veterans and long-held prisoners of war suffering from more chronic PTSD.  In 1983, Dr. Deal came to Columbia to begin a private practice of Psychiatry. Learning of the work that Dr. Bergmann was doing in trauma, he began an association with Post  Trauma resources, initially working with patients in his own office. In 1995, Dr. Deal became Medical director of Post Trauma Resources in order to work more closely with Dr. Bergmann in providing medical treatment for the victims of trauma and to provide more opportunities for teaching the staff about the medical aspects of PTSD.
  Susan S. Bergmann, M.Ed, MPA is the Practice Manager of Post Trauma Resources and coordinates all administrative and financial functions of the firm. Ms. Bergmann began her career in community mental health before she become a trainer and family life educator. After completing her degree in Public Administration, she took a position as a Management Engineer and later joined Baptist Medical Center – Columbia where she managed Hospice, Social Work Services and Homecare Resources.
  Carrye Addonizio, LMSW,  is a Clinical Social Worker at Post Trauma Resources and has been with the practice since August 2003. Carrye has ten years of professional experience working with children, adolescents and adults. Her areas of expertise are the treatment of trauma related disorders, sexual assault/abuse and domestic violence as well as grief and loss issues. She received her Master of Social Work degree from the University of South Carolina and her Bachelor's in Clinical Psychology and Associates in Chemical Dependency from Keene State College in New Hampshire. In addition to clinical practice, Carrye is also a trainer/presenter for the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, Sistercare and the SC Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.  
  Jim Berlin, MPA, M.A., LPC/I brings more than 10 years of experience with Victims in crisis.  He has over 17 years in Law Enforcement.  He worked closely with Sister care, Sexual trauma services and the State Office Of Victim Assistance and South Carolina Victim Assistance Network.  During his tenure with The Richland County Sheriff’s Department Jim provided trauma response to officers and departments across the state to assist when a critical incidents occurred.  He served on several committees concerning the mentally ill and law enforcement’s response.  He will be working close with law enforcement agencies and the Law Enforcement Victim Advocates LEVA association across South Carolina to provide assistance and training support.   

Todd Hanson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the State of South Carolina.   Todd has over 14 years of clinical experience working with individuals, couples and families in a variety of clinical settings, including a residential treatment facility for boys, a psychiatric hospital, 2 juvenile prisons, and a number of clinical outpatient settings.  He specializes in the following areas:  couples/marital, family/blended family issues, anxiety/panic attacks, depression, spiritual, child/adolescent, and parenting issues.  He earned his Masters of Arts degree in Marriage and Family Therapy at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA in 1997.  Todd has been a Clinical Member with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy since 1999.  He served as the membership committee chair/co-chair for the South Carolina Association for Marriage and Family Therapy from 2001 through 2005.  Todd is married, has two children, and is active in his church. 

Jamine L. Leslie, MSW, LMSW, LISW-CP, has been with Post Trauma Resources for four years.  Prior to joining the staff of PTR, she served as director of clinical services for an area sexual assault center.  Ms. Leslie's
background also includes providing services for children in foster care
and school-based intervention.  Her clinical work focuses on children
and women's issues.


Nicholas A. Lind, PsyD is a clinical psychologist who has been with Post Trauma Resources since 2005. He served five years in the US military, in which he oversaw the suicide prevention program and mental health services at Shaw Air Force Base. He received his Masters and Doctorate from Indiana State University and completed his internship at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. His work at Post Trauma Resources includes psychological assessments, neuropsychological assessments, fitness for duty evaluations, independent medical examinations, treatment planning and implementation, and oversight of PTR’s Medicaid program.

  Stephanie Matkins , LISW-CP, earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from Winthrop University and a Master of Social Work Degree from the University of South Carolina.  Ms. Matkins provides clinical services to children, adolescents, adults and families.  She specializes in the areas of foster care, adoption, domestic violence, child physical and sexual abuse, parenting issues, adolescent issues, depression and anxiety and trauma response. 
  Lisa Southworth, M.Ed., LPC  was originally trained as a teacher for students with disabilities and continues to have a strong interest in children issues by which they are impacted. Her clinical work not only includes children but adults. She has focused on survivors of sexual assault, incest and trauma. Ms. Southworth is a member of the Richland County Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) and has volunteered with the SC Foster Care Review Board as a local board member since 2001.
  Jennifer Wolff, MSW, LISW,  has been associated with Post Trauma Resources for more than ten years and brings around twenty years of work experience in the mental health field.  A former juvenile probation officer, Ms. Wolff has worked extensively with children and adolescents impacted by trauma and has served as a Group Home Director, State Level Administrator in a state agency, and social worker in a residential children’s home.  She is currently an approved clinical supervisor under the Board of Social Work State examiners and provides trauma response services, coordinates trauma response efforts and is active in training mental health and social service professionals in the areas of child and adolescent trauma.
   
   
  Lucretia Brown, SherryAnn Cawthorn and provide support services to clients and staff.

 
   

 





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