Tobi Ricca, MSW, BCETS, BCECR
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the
states of Colorado and Washington and have been
practicing for almost 20 years. I received my
Masters Degree in Social Work (MSW) at the University
of Pennsylvania, School of Social Work, in Philadelphia.
I have maintained a commitment to ongoing education
and now use Eidetic Imagery, EMDR, and Energy
Psychology in my practice and am trained in
Critical Incident Stress Management as well.
As the mental health professional in an emergency
room for many years, I developed expertise and
comfort with addressing the daily crises. Through
my work with hundreds of patients traumatized
in car accidents, house fires, suicide attempts,
gunshot wounds; with decompensated, chronically
mentally ill individuals; and with trauma survivors
in the recurrently acute grip of PTSD and complex
PTSD, I have developed a practice of what I
call constructive presence. By this, I mean
the ability to be present with an individual,
i.e., hearing their story with compassion and
love while simultaneously helping them ground
themselves and develop a plan to accomplish
what needs to be done in order to continue on.
Essentially, a tending of spirit and body, of
heart and mind—it is through promoting
this synergy that we foster recovery.
I currently provide individual and group psychotherapy
to adult survivors of incest and childhood sexual
trauma, provide workshops and trainings on these
issues for other providers in our community,
and have been interviewed on our local radio
station about long-term effects of such abuse.
Twice a year, I run a 15 session process-oriented
psychotherapy group for survivors of childhood
sexual abuse and during the summers I provide
a psycheducational group open to the public
interested in learning more about trauma.
I provide clinical supervision to other therapists
in our agency, mentor therapists interested
in learning more about trauma treatment, and
stay available for consultation to local agencies.
Current Practice:
Clinician and Supervisor
San Luis Valley Mental Health Center
8745 County Road 9 South
Alamosa, CO 81101
719-587-6957
