Body Mind Tranquility
Washington, DC
Meet Ricardo
Ricardo Villalobos, LPC
I'm committed to working with adults, adolescents, couples and families to help create healthy change. I welcome the opportunity to earn your trust and help you work with the difficulties you're facing.
~I'm a bilingual therapist who speaks English and Spanish.
~Soy un terapista bilingue que habla inglés y español.
I received my formal psychology training at Marymount University, where I earned the Master of Arts degree in Counseling.
My training and work history include mental health counseling with HIV/AIDS and LGBTQ clients; psychotherapy with adults, families and all couples, including same-sex couples; psychotherapy with at-risk adolescents and children who are abuse survivors; alcohol and drug addictions counseling with clients who have mental health disorders; and facilitating support groups on separation and divorce.
I have additional training and experience in body-mind therapies, couples and family therapy, bipolar disorder, addictions and trauma.
My post-graduate training includes certification as a Level 1 Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for Trauma clinician. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy is a treatment approach created by Pat Ogden, Ph.D. and endorsed by worldwide trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. I've also studied with Daniel Leven, founder of SomaSoul: Somatic Expressive Therapy, a
mind-body therapy that integrates mindfulness, body psychotherapy, creative arts and somatics to foster healing and transformation.
Before making a mid-life change to study graduate-level psychology, I spent many years as a human rights advocate, organizational development consultant and multicultural coach.
My parents were immigrants and I carry their cultural openness and respect with me. I'm committed to serving the diverse Washington, DC community.
Credentials
~Licensure: Licensed Professional Counselor in Washington, DC
~Board Certified by the National Board for Certified Counselors
Experience
~Psychotherapist in Private Practice, Washington, DC
~Woodburn Center for Mental Health, 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 & Addiction, Joliet, Illinois
Education/Training Highlights
~MA, Counseling, Marymount University, Arlington, Virginia
~BS, Psychology, minor in Social Work, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
~Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for Trauma, Pat Ogden, Ph.D.
~SomaSoul: Somatic Expressive Therapy, Daniel Leven, RSMT
~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
~Therapist’s Guide to Working with Women and Shame, Sandra Strickler, LPC
Couples Education
~Relationship Enhancement Therapy, Robert F. Scuka, Ph.D.
~Emotion-Focused Therapy for Couples, Kathryn Rheem, M.S.
Child & 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 21st Century Teens to Open Up, Ron Taffel, Ph.D.
