About Ricardo
What lies
before us and what lies behind us are small matters compared to what
lies within us. And when we bring what is within out into the world,
miracles happen.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
My areas of specialization include the following:
EXPERIENCE
Kolmac Clinic, Silver Spring, Maryland
Whitman-Walker Clinic, Arlington, Virginia
The Women's Center, Vienna, Virginia
Argus House for Adolescent Boys, Arlington, Virginia
Will County Dept. of Mental Health, Addictions Counseling Center, Joliet, Illinois
EDUCATION
M.A., Counseling, Marymount University, Arlington, Virginia
B.S., Psychology, minor in Social Work, University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign
CONTINUING EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS
~Clinical
Psychopharmacology for Therapists: Doctoral Course, Argosy University
~Focusing and Mindfulness to treat Trauma and PTSD, Jonathan Foust, MA
~A Somatic Approach to Distinguishing Past from Present, Nancy Napier, LMFT
~Mental Status Exam for Dissociative Symptoms/Disorders, Richard Loewenstein, MD
~Bipolar
Spectrum Illnesses: Keys to Recognition & Best Treatments, Brian Quinn, Ph.D.
~Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy, David
Hoover, LCSW
~Assessment
& Treatment of Self-Injurious Behaviors, Scott Koenigsberg, LPC
~Substance Abuse Assessment & Treatment, Marymount University
~Therapist’s
Guide to Working with Women and Shame, Sandra Strickler, LPC
~Grief and Loss in Counseling, Marymount University
COUPLES EDUCATION
~Emotion-Focused
Therapy for Couples, Kathryn
Rheem, M.S. (3 month course)
CHILDREN & ADOLESCENT EDUCATION
~Child/Adolescent Counseling, Argosy University
~Child
Sexual Abuse: Principles of Trauma Therapy, John Briere, Ph.D.
~Helping
Abused Children Using an Integrated Approach, Eliana Gil, Ph.D.
~Child-Centered
Play Therapy,
William Nordling, Ph.D.
~Getting
21 Century Teens to Open Up, Ron Taffel, Ph.D.
CREDENTIALS
Nationally Certified Counselor, National Board of Certified Counselors