What is the contribution of Dr Randy Dellosa to Philippine psychology and psychiatry?

Answer 1

Contributions of Randy Dellosa to Philippine Psychology and Psychiatry

1. Psycho-educating the common "tao." Dellosa's most significant contribution to Philippine psychology and psychiatry comes from his frequent media exposure on Reality TV Shows, documentary programs, magazine Talk Shows, and news programs. As the popular psychological expert of Philippine television, he is able to educate the Filipino masses by giving a psychological perspective on a wide array of life issues.

2. Opening the Filipino mind to pursue psychological wellness. Dellosa's image as the life coach and psychotherapist of people from show business and high society has imparted to the masses the belief that it is alright, and even trendy, to have a personal life coach or psychotherapist. This has apparently helped in reducing the stigma which prevents many Filipinos from consulting clinical psychologists and psychiatrists.

3. Pioneering the practice of 'Holistic and Integrative Psychiatry' in the Philippines. Most Filipino psychiatrists discredit and belittle complimentary and alternative medicine in the treatment of psychiatric conditions. Dellosa however combines conventional psychiatric treatment with natural therapies that facilitate the patient's capacity for self-healing.

4. Propagating the practice of Gestalt Psychotherapy in the Philippines. Dellosa co-established the Gestalt Therapy Association of the Philippines (GTAP) which offers training programs in the theory and practice of Gestalt Therapy. Gestalt therapy is a holistic approach to psychotherapy that focuses on integrating a person's body, mind, and emotions, thereby bringing healing to the "total person."

5. Filipinizing the practice of Life Coaching. In reaction to the western style of Life Coaching being popularized, Dellosa co-established the Philippine Society of Life Coaches which aims to propagate an approach to Life Coaching which is in sync with Filipino culture and the Filipino mindset.

6. Developing and teaching innovative psychotherapies.Integrating his learning and experiences as an osteopath, physician, psychiatrist, and clinical psychologist, Dellosa has developed Dellosa Touch Psychotherapy and Dellosa Energy Pychotherapy- two body-based psychotherapy approaches that release unresolved emotional experiences, forgotten memories, buried feelings, and unconscious attitudes that had been stored in the body. Dellosa has also taught non-conventional psychotherapies such as dream analysis, regressive-cathartic psychotherapies, and drama-art-movement psychotherapies at the University of the Philippines and in workshops for the general public.

7. Developing an innovative addiction recovery program for Filipinos. Dellosa established the Life Change Recovery Center which is a treatment facility for psychiatric patients and addicted individuals. Unlike other rehabilitation centers that employ the 12-Steps or Therapeutic Community program, Dellosa has conceptualized a 'life-transformation paradigm' which helps addicts forsake their addiction in favour of assuming a healthier identity and lifestyle.

Answer 2

Seven Organizing Principles of The Randy Dellosa Holistic Emotional Healing System

1. Holistic Emotional Healing is concerned with the 'total' person. It considers and involves the physical, cognitive, emotional, energetic, spiritual, relational, cultural, and ecological aspects of the client's personality in the healing and integration process.

2. Holistic Emotional Healing considers different dimensions of time: The client must release emotional baggage from the distant past and immediate past. The client must deal with current dysfunctional attitudes and behavioural patterns, as well as successfully manage the challenges of the present life. In so doing, the client can plan to make meaningful choices for his immediate future and distant future.

3. Holistic Emotional Healing deals not only with healing emotional wounds or overcoming current frailties. More importantly, it places people on a lifetime path of pursuing growth, wholeness, and wellness for themselves.

4. Holistic Emotional Healing enters the client's internal reality, respects it, and works with all the resources available within it, including the client's personal belief and value system, strengths and competencies, as well as weaknesses and vulnerabilities.

5. Holistic Emotional Healing encourages the active collaboration of the client in his/her own healing and growth process.

6. The seven primary goals of Holistic Healing are: emotional healing, personal growth, physical wellness, spiritual nurture, integration of body-mind-emotions-spirit, relational authenticity, and conscious and joyful living.

7. Holistic Emotional Healing is expected on both sides of the therapist-client relationship and demands from the therapist to actively and intentionally pursue healing, growth, wholeness, and wellness as they help clients attain the same.