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
Woodburn Mental Health Clinic, Annandale, Virginia
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
~Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Training for Trauma, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
~Meridian Tapping for Health, Nancy Newport
~SomaSoul Training for Trauma, Dan Levin
~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.
~CognitiveBehavioral Therapy, DavidHoover, 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
~Relationship Enhancement for Couples and Families, Robert F. Scuka, NIRE
~Emotion-FocusedTherapy 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-CenteredPlay Therapy,William Nordling, Ph.D.
~Getting21 Century Teens to Open Up, Ron Taffel, Ph.D.
CREDENTIALS
Nationally Certified Counselor, National Board of Certified Counselors