She received her MA and Ph.D. from the University of Detroit, Mercy. She completed her APA-accredited internship at Broughton Hospital, a state psychiatric hospital in western North Carolina. Dr. Berkowski specializes in the assessment and treatment of people with serious and persistent mental illness and severe personality disorders. She has a wide variety of experience in psychological assessment, including diagnostic evaluations, personality assessment, psychoeducational testing, neuropsychological screening, and violence risk assessment. Dr. Berkowski has previously published research in the area of childhood trauma. Outside of her job, she enjoys hiking, cooking, backpacking through Latin America, and spoiling her dogs.