Author Note
The psychologist Silvia Bernstein was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She has been a clinical psychologist since 1979. She studied psychoanalysis and completed various postgraduate trainings within the Jungian, PNL, gestalt, bioenergetics, transpersonal, cognitive behavioral, PNEI (psycho-neuro-endocrine-immunology), and the third wave therapies schools as well as training in EMDR, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).
She served in the Ministry of Education and Justice as a psychologist in the area of online Teaching Improvement. She worked with adolescent and adult patients in the Mariano Castex Hospital and Mental Health Center No. 1. In recent years, she has improved in the area of functional digestive pathology and has synthesized a model of brief, strategic psychotherapy for addressing these disorders. She is the author of the book "You Can Stop Suffering" (3 editions, published by Editorial Planeta) and co-author of a handbook for therapists, "Psychological Approach to Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome." Currently, in addition to her practice, she delivers national and international conferences on this subject.
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