Planting seeds of transformation.
Alia Berry MSW, LSW is a consultant, who through Seeds & Berries, offers national capacity building and training as well as direct clinical services in schools, nonprofits and the government sector.
Areas of Expertise
01 — Gang Prevention & Intervention
Supporting adults and juveniles, expertise includes assessment, individual and group therapy, offender-victim restoration, family support, case management and behavior modification through harm reduction.
02 — Restorative Justice
Skilled in shifting the paradigm about restorative practices with providers, victims and offenders. Experienced in using art-based models and organizing youth-led Social Justice projects that are restorative in nature. Healing circles also can be used to restore racially charged conflict in communities, schools and workplaces.
03 — Prison Reentry
As a program developer, Alia provides programmatic infrastructure and tools for sustainability in community-based reentry programs while training and coaching providers in best practices. As a social worker, one of Alia’s clinical areas of expertise is in institutional trauma as well as writing clinical group curriculum to meet the needs of both active and former perpetrators.
04 — Peer-to-Peer Leadership
Trains providers to place value on consumers’ leadership abilities while leveraging a variety of frameworks. Alia then assists in quantifying this organic effort and collecting data to further drive outcomes. Alia also conducts consumer-focused leadership trainings to meet the programmatic leadership goals. Alia is available to provide program development and ongoing coaching in this area as well.
Services
Program Development
Whether building from scratch or enhancing an already existing program, Alia’s approach to program development is starting with a comprehensive needs assessment, followed by mapping out a multi-faceted plan of deliverables and time frames. Once programmatic infrastructure is built and providers are trained to implement it, Alia uses ongoing quantitative and qualitative analysis during the launch phase, continuing to assess and adjust for best outcomes.
Virtual Available.
Training & Coaching
As a former special education teacher and now licensed social worker, Alia is passionate about teaching. Alia’s approach to professional development focuses on customizing content based on clients’ needs, ensuring the presentations feel personal and providing resources for attendees’ ongoing learning. Training sessions are interactive, engaging and leverage 20 years of experience with populations ages 0-60 in a variety of settings.
Virtual Available.
Clinical Services
As a mentor, counselor, case manager, crisis responder or psychotherapeutic group facilitator, Alia’s approach encompasses the idea of “validate, educate, challenge.” This approach first seeks to understand circumstances, perspectives and drivers (validation). Alia then provides them with information and resources to meet their needs (educate) while then holding them accountable to continue engaging in the growth process (challenge).
Virtual Available.