Randy Misael Sebastian Dellosa, known as Doc Randy is a Filipino

psychologist A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior. Their work often involves the experimentation, observation, and explanation, interpretatio ...

and who has training in

psychiatry Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of deleterious mental disorder, mental conditions. These include matters related to cognition, perceptions, Mood (psychology), mood, emotion, and behavior. ...

. He is

life coach Coaching is a form of development in which an experienced person, called a ''coach'', supports a learner or client in achieving a specific personal or professional goal by providing training and guidance. The learner is sometimes called a ''coa ...

psychotherapist Psychotherapy (also psychological therapy, talk therapy, or talking therapy) is the use of Psychology, psychological methods, particularly when based on regular Conversation, personal interaction, to help a person change behavior, increase hap ...

of Filipino celebrities and was the resident psychologist in the

Pinoy Big Brother ''Big Brother'' () is a Philippine television reality competition show broadcast by ABS-CBN, Kapamilya Channel, TV5, and GMA Network based on the Dutch reality television franchise '' Big Brother''. Originally hosted by Willie Revillame, ...

, The Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition,

Pinoy Dream Academy ''Pinoy Dream Academy'' (also known as PDA) is a Philippine television reality competition show broadcast by ABS-CBN. Originally hosted by Toni Gonzaga, Nikki Gil, Sam Milby, Bianca Gonzalez and Roxanne Barcelo. it aired on the network's weeken ...

Pinoy Fear Factor ''Pinoy Fear Factor'' is a Philippine television reality competition show broadcast by ABS-CBN The show is based from the Netherlands game show '' Now or Neverland''. Hosted by Ryan Agoncillo, it aired on the network's Primetime Bida line up from ...

, and

I Do (Philippine reality show) ''I Do'' is a Philippine television reality show broadcast ABS-CBN. Hosted by Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo and Jayson Gainza, it aired on the network's Yes Weekend evening line up from August 30 to November 15, 2014, replacing '' Pinoy Big Brother: ...

reality TV shows of

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as well as game shows such as ''

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.'' He is also a frequent resource person on psychological topics in the news programs and documentary shows of

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, and other networks. He is the first and so far the only Filipino who has training in psychiatry (M.D.), a doctor of clinical psychology (Psy.D.), and an osteopath (DO-MTP) http://www.randydellosa.com/aboutme.htm, Randy Dellosa's website

Education

Dellosa studied in Philippine educational and training institutions: *

La Salle Green Hills La Salle Green Hills ("LSGH") is a private Catholic school run by the Philippine District of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in Ortigas Avenue, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. It was established in 1959 by the D ...

for his elementary education; * Ateneo de Manila University for his high school education; *

University of the Philippines The University of the Philippines (UP; ) is a Higher education in the Philippines#State universities and colleges, state university system in the Philippines. It is the country's national university, as mandated by List of Philippine laws, Re ...

for his college education in Psychology; *

Far Eastern University Far Eastern University (), also referred to by its acronym FEU, is a Private university, private research non-sectarian university in Manila, Philippines. Created by the merger of Far Eastern College and the Institute of Accounts, Business and ...

- Institute of Medicine for his medical studies; and *

Makati Medical Center Makati Medical Center (MMC), also known as Makati Med, is a tertiary hospital in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. The hospital was founded on May 31, 1969. The hospital is owned and operated by Medical Doctors Inc., a subsidiary of Metro P ...

and

Veterans Memorial Medical Center The Veterans Memorial Medical Center (formerly known as Veterans Memorial Hospital and commonly abbreviated as VMMC) was established on November 20, 1955 with full US Government assistance under the US Veterans Administration to provide quali ...

for his psychiatry residency training. *Osteopathic College of Ontario for his education in osteopathy. He received training in Gestalt Psychotherapy and in healing arts in Europe (Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland) and in Asia (India, Indonesia) under the Gestalt Education Network International. He was awarded his Doctor of Psychology Degree (Psy.D.) from the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in ...

where he was awarded scholarship, aside from graduating with academic honors (cum laude).

Academic career

Dellosa has taught at the

De La Salle University De La Salle University (), also referred to as DLSU, De La Salle or La Salle, is a private, Catholic coeducational research university run by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools with main campus in Taft Avenue, Malate, Man ...

, and the

Asian Theological Seminary Asian Theological Seminary (ATS) is a theological seminary in Quezon City, Philippines. Asian Theological Seminary was started in 1969 by Far Eastern Gospel Crusade (now SEND International) missionaries, including Dr. Elliot Johnson, now Senior P ...

. In these schools, he trained and supervised counselors,

s, and

psychiatrist A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry. Psychiatrists are physicians who evaluate patients to determine whether their symptoms are the result of a physical illness, a combination of physical and mental ailments or strictly ...

s in the art of

counseling Counseling is the professional guidance of the individual by utilizing psychological methods especially in collecting case history data, using various techniques of the personal interview, and testing interests and aptitudes. This is a list of c ...

and

psychotherapy Psychotherapy (also psychological therapy, talk therapy, or talking therapy) is the use of Psychology, psychological methods, particularly when based on regular Conversation, personal interaction, to help a person change behavior, increase hap ...

Media exposure

Popularly known as a ''celebrity shrink'', Dellosa was a consultant for

reality television Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring ordinary people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s ...

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 has featured in Philippine periodicals such 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 co-founded and is Charter President of the Philippine Association of Christian Counselors. * He established the Philippine Society of Life Coaches. * He established the Gestalt Therapy Association of the PHilippines. * He established the Philippine Association of Integrative Medicine and Holistic Therapies.

References

External links

Randy Dellosa official website
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