Dr. Steven L. Berman is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA. He obtained an M.A. in Educational Psychology from McGill University, an M.S. in Clinical Psychology from Nova Southeastern University and a PhD in Developmental Psychology from Florida International University in 1996. Dr. Berman’s major area of research centers on Identity Formation, including the development of career goals, sense of self (ethnic identity, gender roles, sexual orientation), changing attachment patterns (family, friendships, romance), and values acquisition (morality, politics, religion). Specifically, he is interested in the anxiety and distress often associated with this developmental task. Dr. Berman has been developing intervention programs to help young people struggling with identity dilemmas and related symptoms of anxiety and distress.