Gillian Berry

Dr. Gillian Berry has over forty years of social work experience as a practitioner, educator, consultant, and author. She obtained her Masters and Doctoral degrees from Birmingham University in England. She is currently a senior adviser at Stepped Care Solutions in Canada, a company focused on guiding the transformation of mental health systems to be more effective and restorative. She has previously taught at the University of Botswana’s Department of Social Work Southern Africa and at the University of Maryland. Dr. Berry also previously worked as a director of a post-secondary college counselling center and in several Departments of Social Services as a clinical supervisor and facilitator, and is a trained mediator for the State of Maryland. She presents at conferences nationally and internationally on professional social work practice, public child welfare, culturally appropriate practice, and personal/self-improvement. She has published book chapters in edited books as well as published the empowerment novel, The Righteous Sin, and the children’s book I Am Everything.