YLD Relationship Experts

Lisette Beraja, Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

Lisette Beraja, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist with over 25 years of experience working with couples, families contemplating a divorce or peacefully divorcing in a non-litigious manner. She is certified as a Florida Supreme Court Family Mediator and a Parenting Coordinator for the 11th Judicial Courts. Beraja received her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Florida International University in 1991 and her master’s degree in Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from Carlos Albizu University in 1999. She is the President of Beraja Counseling Center and an active member of Kidside Miami, where she serves on the Board of Directors. Appointed numerous times by the Family Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit as guardian ad litem for relocation, paternity and divorce issues, she has also served on the Board of Directors for the Florida Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. She is a member of the American Association for Marriage and Family. Over the past few years, she has authored over 80 articles for local publications on the topics of family dynamics, children, marriage and divorce. As a Mental Health Professional, Beraja has been able to help numerous couples and families reach agreements and facilitate better ways to co-parent for the best interest of their children. Beraja is fluent in Spanish and English.

Liat Berko, Intuitive Healer

Liat Berko is a researcher of consciousness, healing and intimacy, inspired by the teaching of Kabbalah, Yemima, Breslov, Spiritual Psychology & Tantra. She refines human thoughts and behaviors. Berko holds a master’s degree in Organizational Psychology from the New York Institute of Technology and is a certified facilitator of the ‘Cognitive Thinking’ Yemima method.

As an Inspirational Teacher, she instructs the ‘‘Heart Wisdom’’ method and teaches about the relationships of heart/mind connection. Berko works with individuals and teaches couples how to apply sacred intimacy in their relationship, using multi-dimensional tools of body, mind and soul that drive them to live life in consciousness, happiness, self-love and acceptance.

Berko works with women, men and young adults at her practice in Miami. She also leads online and in-person workshops, lectures and retreats at self-development conferences and hosts experiential group circles in private homes. Her client base includes a strong following of individuals and organizations from the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Rabbi Adam Gindea, Spiritual Director

Rabbi Adam Gindea is the Base Rabbi at Base Miami. After growing up in the Five Towns of Long Island and studying in a yeshiva day school, Adam continued his Jewish education receiving a B.A. in Bible from the Jewish Theological Seminary and a B.A. in Religion from Columbia University. With a love of and dedication to learning, teaching and experiencing Jewish texts, rituals and life, Gindea continued on to receive a Certificate of Jewish education at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. While living in Israel, Gindea received rabbinic ordination from Yeshivat Pirchei Shoshanim and studied Safrut (scribal arts) under the tutelage of Rabbi David Gottesman. Gindea worked as an experiential Jewish educator and classroom teacher designing his own curricula and courses at a Schechter school in New Jersey. After a short time owning and operating a kosher BBQ food truck, Gindea designed, implemented and grew Base Miami to what it is today. Gindea is also currently training as a Spiritual Director.

Deena Hadar, Certified Labor Coach

Deena Hadar is certified labor coach (doula) for over 20 years. She teaches childbirth classes, as well as coaches women through typical and not-so-typical pregnancies. Hadar is successful in assisting and coaching new moms during this most vulnerable and exhilarating time in their lives. She has expanded her practice to work in the postpartum arena. Her practice, “The Fourth Trimester,“ helps answer the big question: “I had a baby, now what?” In addition, Hadar is the founder and director of Moses Montessori School in Miami Beach, where she is involved with a child’s next stage in development.