Randy Dellosa
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Randy Misael Sebastian Dellosa, popularly known as Doc Randy is a Filipino
psychologist
and psychiatrist
.
He is popularly known as the life coach-psychotherapist of Filipino celebrities and was the resident psychiatrist in the Pinoy Big Brother
and Pinoy Dream Academy
reality shows of ABS-CBN Network
as well as game shows such as Deal or No Deal
.
He is distinguished as the first and so far the only Filipino who is both a psychiatrist (M.D.) and a doctor of clinical psychology (Psy.D.)
He received training in Gestalt Psychotherapy and in various Healing Arts in Europe (Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, etc.) and in Asia (India, Indonesia, etc.) under the Gestalt Education Network International.
He was awarded his Doctor of Psychology Degree (Psy.D.) from the Southern California University where he was awarded scholarship, aside from graduating with academic honors (cum laude).
He pioneered the 'Life Transformation Paradigm' to psychotherapy that aims not only to help people solve problems, but to help them experience a deep and meaningful change in the core of their personalities. He regularly holds small-group experiential workshops on the following topics:
He is an active proponent and pioneer of expressive, experiential, and somatic psychotherapies in the Philippines and has a Gestalt-Ericksonian-Existential-Transpersonal orientation to psychotherapy.
His training in the medical field, in various psychotherapies, and in the healing arts has made him the most holistic psychotherapist in the Philippines to date. He is an expert practitioner of the following therapeutic modalities:
*For physical healing and wellness: nutritional healing, detoxification therapy, the Dorn Method (clinical therapy for back pain and alignment of the shoulders, spine, pelvis, and leg length), and other massage therapies
*For healing through the subconscious mind: dream analysis, guided imagery and Ericksonian hypnotherapy, (expressive and creative) art therapy, biofeedback, and creative journaling
*For integration of body, mind, and emotions: healing touch psychotherapy, psychodrama, contact improvisation, rebirthing, regressive-cathartic therapies, and exercises for body-mind-emotions (BME) integration, gestalt therapy
*For healing through energy medicine: needle-less acupuncture, energy (chakra and meridian system) balancing
*For healing through talk therapies: Freudian and Jungian (psychoanalytic) psychotherapy, Cognitive-Behavioral/ Rational-Emotive psychotherapy, Existential psychotherapy, Rogerian (person-centered) psychotherapy, Gestalt Psychotherapy
*For healing through spiritual growth and guidance: psycho-spiritual counseling.
With over twenty years of counseling and psychotherapy work, Randy claims credit to having assisted thousands of people in attaining their fullest human potential and spiritual growth.
His website mentions that:
, De La Salle University
, and the Asian Theological Seminary. In these schools, he trained and supervised counselors
, psychologist
s, and psychiatrist
s in the art of counseling and psychotherapy
.
Some of the courses he has taught include:
shows, a resource person for talk shows, and a life coach-psychotherapist of celebrities in such fields as entertainment, politics, religion, arts, and sports.
Randy was featured in popular Philippine periodicals as Woman's Journal, Men's Zone Magazine, Kerygma Magazine, Today, Philippine Star, Manila Bulletin, Smart Parenting, Manila Times, Medical Observer, Health and Family, and Health Today.
He is a Co-Founder and Charter President of the Philippine Association of Christian Counselors.
He is also a Co-Founder of the Philippine Center for Substance Abuse Management.
He also serves as consultant to the Philippine Holistic Wellness Institute, a grassroots entity that promotes the traditional Filipino healing therapy known as Hilot.
He continues to attend and facilitate training workshops in Asia
, America
, and Europe
.
For his own self-development, Dellosa makes regular visits to his own psychotherapist; he regularly attends personal growth and spiritual retreats; and he vigorously pursues a personal wellness program that he designed for himself. Serving as an example for his clients, Doc Randy pursues a life-long journey of self-discovery, emotional healing, personal evolution, and spiritual growth.
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
psychologist
Psychologist
Psychologist is a professional or academic title used by individuals who are either:* Clinical professionals who work with patients in a variety of therapeutic contexts .* Scientists conducting psychological research or teaching psychology in a college...
and psychiatrist
Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy...
.
He is popularly known as the life coach-psychotherapist of Filipino celebrities and was the resident psychiatrist in the Pinoy Big Brother
Pinoy Big Brother
Pinoy Big Brother is the Philippine version of the reality television show Big Brother . It follows the same premise as its many foreign counterparts around the world: twelve Philippine residents are forced to live with each other inside a house for about 3 months or at least 100 days...
and Pinoy Dream Academy
Pinoy Dream Academy
Pinoy Dream Academy is the Philippine version of Endemol's Operación Triunfo . The format is similar to Big Brother, where a set number of finalists would live inside the Academy for four months and will be trained by guest teachers to be multimedia performers...
reality shows of ABS-CBN Network
ABS-CBN Network
ABS-CBN commonly referred to as the Kapamilya Network or simply Dos , is a major commercial television network in the Philippines owned and operated by the ABS-CBN Corporation. It was launched in October 23, 1953 just a few months after the first broadcast of NHK of Japan...
as well as game shows such as Deal or No Deal
Deal or No Deal
Deal or No Deal is the name of several closely related television game shows, the first of which was the Dutch Miljoenenjacht produced by Dutch producer Endemol. It is played with up to 26 cases with certain sums of money...
.
He is distinguished as the first and so far the only Filipino who is both a psychiatrist (M.D.) and a doctor of clinical psychology (Psy.D.)
Education
Dellosa studied in various Philippine educational and training institutions:- La Salle Green HillsLa Salle Green HillsLa Salle Green Hills is a private Catholic school exclusively for boys located on Ortigas Avenue, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is run by the Roman Catholic Brothers of the Christian Schools- Philippine District. It was established in 1959 by the De La Salle Brothers led by the...
for his elementary education; - Ateneo de Manila UniversityAteneo de Manila UniversityThe Ateneo de Manila University is a private teaching and research university run by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. It began in 1859 when the City of Manila handed control of the Escuela Municipal de Manila in Intramuros, Manila, to the Jesuits...
for his high school education; - University of the PhilippinesUniversity of the PhilippinesThe ' is the national university of the Philippines. Founded in 1908 through Act No...
for his college education in Psychology; - Far Eastern UniversityFar Eastern UniversityFar Eastern University in the University Belt area, West Sampaloc, City of Manila, is a nonsectarian, private university in the Philippines. Created by the merger of Far Eastern College and the Institute of Accounts, Business and Finance, FEU became a university in 1934 under the guidance of...
- Institute of Medicine for his medical studies; and - Makati Medical CenterMakati Medical CenterMakati Medical Center is a 717-bed tertiary hospital in the Philippines. The hospital began operation on . Since its start in 1969, the Makati Medical Center has been the birthplace for many dramatic firsts in medical history in the Philippines, in Asia, and the world...
and Veterans Memorial Medical Center for his psychiatry residency training.
He received training in Gestalt Psychotherapy and in various Healing Arts in Europe (Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, etc.) and in Asia (India, Indonesia, etc.) under the Gestalt Education Network International.
He was awarded his Doctor of Psychology Degree (Psy.D.) from the Southern California University where he was awarded scholarship, aside from graduating with academic honors (cum laude).
Methodologies
Randy is a propagator of the current Human Potential Movement in the Philippines- a psychological movement that helps people attain their fullest human and spiritual potentials.He pioneered the 'Life Transformation Paradigm' to psychotherapy that aims not only to help people solve problems, but to help them experience a deep and meaningful change in the core of their personalities. He regularly holds small-group experiential workshops on the following topics:
- Healing the Inner Child,
- Love, Gratitude, and Forgiveness,
- Living in the Now,
- Loving your Self,
- Befriending your Shadow within You,
- Releasing the Hero Within,
- Creating Joy and Happiness in Life,
- Creating Authentic and Harmonious Relationships,
- Designing the Life you Want to Live,
- Finding Meaning in Life, and
- Nurturing your Spiritual Life.
He is an active proponent and pioneer of expressive, experiential, and somatic psychotherapies in the Philippines and has a Gestalt-Ericksonian-Existential-Transpersonal orientation to psychotherapy.
His training in the medical field, in various psychotherapies, and in the healing arts has made him the most holistic psychotherapist in the Philippines to date. He is an expert practitioner of the following therapeutic modalities:
*For physical healing and wellness: nutritional healing, detoxification therapy, the Dorn Method (clinical therapy for back pain and alignment of the shoulders, spine, pelvis, and leg length), and other massage therapies
*For healing through the subconscious mind: dream analysis, guided imagery and Ericksonian hypnotherapy, (expressive and creative) art therapy, biofeedback, and creative journaling
*For integration of body, mind, and emotions: healing touch psychotherapy, psychodrama, contact improvisation, rebirthing, regressive-cathartic therapies, and exercises for body-mind-emotions (BME) integration, gestalt therapy
*For healing through energy medicine: needle-less acupuncture, energy (chakra and meridian system) balancing
*For healing through talk therapies: Freudian and Jungian (psychoanalytic) psychotherapy, Cognitive-Behavioral/ Rational-Emotive psychotherapy, Existential psychotherapy, Rogerian (person-centered) psychotherapy, Gestalt Psychotherapy
*For healing through spiritual growth and guidance: psycho-spiritual counseling.
Counseling and coaching experience
Randy has identified himself to be a life coach, counselor, psychotherapist, psychologist, physician, and psychiatrist. His work deals with helping people heal from their physical, emotional, mental, relational, and spiritual problems.With over twenty years of counseling and psychotherapy work, Randy claims credit to having assisted thousands of people in attaining their fullest human potential and spiritual growth.
His website mentions that:
- People are drawn to him primarily because of his warm, sincere, yet professional persona. He takes time to listen, understand, accept, and help his clients, dealing with each one of them in a personalized and respectful manner.
- Randy is distinguished as a complete, holistic, and innovative healer -- a body-mind-emotions specialist. He is a Doctor of the body (M.D.), a Doctor of the Mind (Psy.D., Psychiatrist), and a Doctor of the Emotions (Psychotherapist).
- Most psychiatrists just see their patients for 15 minutes and simply prescribe them medications. Randy however takes time to fully assess and identify the root causes of his clients' problems, and then helps his clients through a holistic treatment approach that uses both conventional and alternative therapies.
- Most psychologists just give advice. Randy however does not stop at solving problems or treating illnesses. He goes beyond that, wanting his clients to experience personal growth, emotional healing, and a deep and meaningful life change.
Academic career
Dellosa has taught at the University of the PhilippinesUniversity of the Philippines
The ' is the national university of the Philippines. Founded in 1908 through Act No...
, De La Salle University
De La Salle University
De La Salle University is a private Lasallian university in Malate, Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1911 by De La Salle Brothers as the De La Salle College in Paco, Manila with Blimond Pierre serving as its first director...
, and the Asian Theological Seminary. In these schools, he trained and supervised counselors
Licensed Professional Counselor
Licensed professional counselor is a licensure for mental health professionals. The exact title varies by state, but the other most frequently used title is licensed mental health counselor . Several U.S. states, including Illinois, Maine, and Tennessee, have implemented a two-tier system whereby...
, psychologist
Psychologist
Psychologist is a professional or academic title used by individuals who are either:* Clinical professionals who work with patients in a variety of therapeutic contexts .* Scientists conducting psychological research or teaching psychology in a college...
s, and psychiatrist
Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy...
s in the art of counseling and psychotherapy
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is a general term referring to any form of therapeutic interaction or treatment contracted between a trained professional and a client or patient; family, couple or group...
.
Some of the courses he has taught include:
- Psychology/ Phenomenology of Addictions
- Developing Researched-Based Addiction Recovery Programs
- Body-Centered (Somatic) Psychotherapies
- Movement Psychotherapy
- Dream Interpretation and Analysis
- Group Psychotherapy and Encounter Group Facilitation
- Regressive, Abreactive Psychotherapies
- Existential Psychotherapy
- Ericksonian Hypnosis and Psychotherapy
- Somato-Emotional Touch Therapies
- Life Transformation and Therapeutic Change
Media exposure
Popularly known as a celebrity shrink, Dellosa was a consultant for reality televisionReality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
shows, a resource person for talk shows, and a life coach-psychotherapist of celebrities in such fields as entertainment, politics, religion, arts, and sports.
Randy was featured in popular Philippine periodicals as Woman's Journal, Men's Zone Magazine, Kerygma Magazine, Today, Philippine Star, Manila Bulletin, Smart Parenting, Manila Times, Medical Observer, Health and Family, and Health Today.
Clinical practice
Randy established the Life Change Recovery Center, a treatment facility for drug dependents and psychiatric patients.He is a Co-Founder and Charter President of the Philippine Association of Christian Counselors.
He is also a Co-Founder of the Philippine Center for Substance Abuse Management.
He also serves as consultant to the Philippine Holistic Wellness Institute, a grassroots entity that promotes the traditional Filipino healing therapy known as Hilot.
He continues to attend and facilitate training workshops in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, America
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
, and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
.
For his own self-development, Dellosa makes regular visits to his own psychotherapist; he regularly attends personal growth and spiritual retreats; and he vigorously pursues a personal wellness program that he designed for himself. Serving as an example for his clients, Doc Randy pursues a life-long journey of self-discovery, emotional healing, personal evolution, and spiritual growth.
External links
- Randy Dellosa official website
- Randy Dellosa official counseling forum
- Randy Dellosa online inquiry
- Randy Dellosa as Life Coach of Celebrities
- Randy Dellosa as Relationship Counselor for Celebrities
- Randy Dellosa as Pinoy Big Brother Resident Psychiatrist
- Randy Dellosa as Pinoy Big Brother Resident Psychiatrist
- Randy Dellosa as Pinoy Dream Academy Guidance Counselor
- Randy Dellosa as Life Coach
- Randy Dellosa as Addiction Counselor
- Randy Dellosa as Art Therapist