Somatic Mental Health Counseling by Lavinia Magliocco, LPC, CRC

PROFILE

Following a career as a professional ballet dancer (Metropolitan Opera Ballet, New York, NY; Cincinnati Ballet, etc), I established Equipoise ~ enlightened exercise LLC in Portland, OR, in 1998. This journey led me to develop a therapeutic mind-body therapy practice, culminating in my integration of passions for movement and mindfulness as a somatic mental health counselor. I am also a published writer of articles, essays, and poetry.

EXPERIENCE

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Clinical Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC)

Equipoise Integral Counseling LLC February 2024 - present

Individual counseling for ages 16 and up; family and couples counseling focusing on chronic illness within relationships. I specialize in C-PTSD counseling, depression, anxiety, life transitions, grief, ADHD, career empowerment, creativity and expression, identity issues, performance enhancement, sexuality, spiritual explorations, and end-of-life issues. I am an ally of the LGBTQIA+ & ENM/poly communities.

Registered Counselor Associate, Three Firs Counseling, Portland, OR — July 2022–January 2024

Providing individual and family counseling with a focus on trauma-informed care, particularly for C-PTSD, chronic pain, chronic illness, and disability. My interventions are informed by Polyvagal/Somatic, Existential-humanistic, Psychodynamic, Buddhist psychology, CBT/DBT, and QiGong modalities.

Qualified Mental Health Provider Intern, Lutheran Community Services NW, May 2021 - June 2022

Worked in individual and group counseling within a non-profit, community, and immigration/refugee-oriented wrap-around mental health services provider.

Adjunct Professor, Dance, Portland State University School of Music and Theater, 2019-2021:

Instructed and mentored inclusive 200/300 level ballet classes. Invited by PSU's Office of Academic Innovation to facilitate faculty in exploring how movement enhances learning through somatic practices and QiGong.

Business owner, teacher, fitness and rehabilitation trainer, Equipoise ~ enlightened exercise, LLC, 1999-2022

Developed fitness programs, rehabilitation from injury, and performance enhancement for clients and students ages 10-96, including cancer survivors, elders, individuals with severe neurological disabilities, dancers, and athletes.

Ballet, Anatomy, & Pilates instructor, choreographer, and program creator, 1998-2019:

Portland Festival Ballet, 2004-2016

Ballet Philippines, April 2016, May 2017

Oregon Ballet Theater School, 1998-2006

Nike headquarters, Beaverton, OR, 1998-2001

EDUCATION

Portland State University — MS, Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling 2022

University of Cincinnati - BA, English Literature 1985

North Carolina School of the Arts, High School Diploma, Dance 1980

School of American Ballet, 1978/1979

CERTIFICATIONS

• Licensed Professional Counselor

• National Board of Certified Counselors

• Licensed Clinical Rehabilitation Counselor June 2022

• AIM (Anatomy In Motion) by Gary Ward, Santa Cruz, CA, March 2017

• PsychoPhysical Therapy Training through California Institute of Integral Studies, Berkeley, CA 2010-2012

• Bagua Xun Dao Gong: Certified QiGong practitioner 2009

• Pilates Certifying Studio Certification, PhysicalMind Institute, New York, NY 2008

• Pilates Teacher Certification PhysicalMind Institute, Santa Fe, NM, 2001, 2003, NYC, 2007

• Pilates Teacher Certification, Core Dynamics, Santa Fe, NM, 2000