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, developing a therapeutic mind-body

practice, and culminating in the integration of my passions for movement

and mindfulness in becoming 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 ages 16 and up; family/couples counseling for working with chronic illness within relationships. Specializing in C-PTSD, depression, anxiety, life transitions, grief, ADHD, career and empowerment, creativity and expression, identity issues, performance enhancement, sexuality, spiritual explorations, end of life. LGBTQIA+ & ENM/poly ally.

Registered Counselor Associate, Three Firs Counseling, Portland OR —

July 2022–January 2024

Individual and family counseling. I specialize in trauma-informed care for C-

PTSD, chronic pain, chronic illness, and disability. My interventions are

informed by Polyvagal/Somatic, Existential-humanistic, Psychodynamic,

Buddhist psychology, CBT/DBT, & QiGong modalities.

Qualified Mental Health Provider Intern, Lutheran Community Services

NW,, May 2021 - June 2022

Individual and group counseling in 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:

Instructing, mentoring, advising inclusive 200/300 level ballet class. Invited

by PSUs Office of Academic Innovation to facilitate faculty in exploring how

movement enhances learning using somatic practices and QiGong.

Business owner, teacher, fitness and rehabilitation trainer, Equipoise ~

enlightened exercise, LLC, 1999-2022

Fitness programs, rehabilitation from injury, performance enhancement, and

maintenance for clients and students ages 10-96, including cancer survivors,

elders, those 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