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Adriana Vargas Valverde

Adriana Vargas Valverde

Psychology
Patient Demographics: Babies, Children, Adult, Elderly

"More than 12 years of experience means that I am able to see in each patient a possibility of positively marking people's lives, knowing that each person is unique, I like to provide respectful and exclusive treatment.
My priority is that people feel confident, to jointly achieve positive transformations."

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Procedures (28)

General Inquiry
Gun carrying evaluation
Parent's School
Psychodiagnosis
Child raising counseling
Cognitive stimulation of the elderly
Couples therapy
Crisis intervention for victims of violence
Divorce counseling
Emotional support
Family therapy
Grief counseling
Healthy masculinity
Intelligence quotient (IQ) test
Mental suitability to care for minors
Neuropsychological assessment
Online Medicine
Personal empowerment (men and women)
Play therapy
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Psychoeducational assessment and curricular adjustments
Psychometric test
Sports Psychological Support Processes – Coaching
Stress and labor conflict
Supporting psychotherapy in chronic and terminal pathologies
Teen guide
Valuation Appointment
Vocational guidance evaluation
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Medical conditions (35)

Anxiety
Depression
Emergency psychology
Morbid obesity
Pediatric psychology
Agoraphobia
Alcoholism
Anguish
Anorexia
Anxious or excessive eating
Bulimia
Chronic depression (dysthymia)
Codependent relationships
Compulsive gambling
Coping with Existential Crises
coping with loss
Difficulty adapting
Drug abuse
Fear of school
Hostile behavior
Hyperactivity
Learning disability
Medicine dependence
Mourning
Nightmares
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Panic attack
Parent and child therapy
Phobia
Poor school performance
Posttraumatic stress
Rebel child against parents
Selective mutism
Shyness
Suicidal behavior
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General Info

About me

I began my studies in 2005, at the Universidad Hispanoamericana, with enthusiasm, I completed the degree satisfactorily to complete the Bachelor's degree in 2009, concluding the graduation project (Thesis) with honors.
By vocation I love working with children and adolescents, so the experience leads me to work fluidly and easily with them, making my function as an entity of change more effective, by providing empathetic treatment full of respect towards said population.

During the thesis period I had the opportunity to collaborate in different interventions (individual/group) as well as psychodiagnostic assessments at the San José Orphan Hospice, in addition to developing a primary care instrument designed as a support tool for caregivers of children. minors institutionalized at that time (from psychological first aid and multimodal therapy).

Likewise, my private experience begins as a psychologist in Focus on the Family, giving individual consultation (to the entire population) and also performing psychodiagnostic assessments.

-I completed my hospital residency for the clinical master's degree at the National Children's Hospital (in outpatient clinic)
-In 2017 I completed the Specialization in Sports Psychology and physical activity.
-In 2023, I completed a Diploma in Psychonutrition.
-Currently, I am studying another master's degree in Neuropsychology and I am a medical student.

The approach to health is comprehensive!
My goal will always be to be able to provide real and respectful support in search of change.

Languages

Español

Education

Degrees
  • Master in Clinical Psychology. Universidad Latina de Costa Rica. March 2011 - August 2012
  • Degree in psychology. Universidad Hispanoamerica. January 2005 - November 2009
Courses
  • Intervention in Crisis to the Internal of the Family

  • Prevention Workshop and inter-institutional protocol within the framework of the road map, worst forms and fight against the crime of sexual exploitation and trafficking in persons.

  • Basic aspects of the application of the WISC-IV Evaluation Instrument

  • DSM-5 Contributions and Update

  • Guide your patients to a future without tobacco

  • XVII Course of Approach to the Integral Care of Adolescents

  • Good practices for the promotion of respectful, supportive and inclusive coexistence in educational centers

  • Applications of Play Therapy in Children with Aggressive Behaviors

  • Elaboration of the Duel in the Family

  • Behavior Control of Anger and Aggressive Behaviors

  • Solution of Conflicts in the Couple

  • People at Suicide Risk, how to detect and intervene

  • Behavioral Treatment of Irrational Phobias and Fears

  • Course of Test and Questionnaires for Evaluation of Mental Suitability for Weapon Carrying

  • Course Qualification for the evaluation of mental fitness to carry and possess firearms and work in private security

Trainings
  • Hospital Rotation

    Hospital Rotation in the Outpatient Service - National Children's Hospital

Professional

Licenses
  • Professional College of Psychologists of Costa Rica cod. cod 6775Active

    Related Professional - Costa Rica

Positions
  • UCASIC University Teacher
  • University Professor UTC in Management Master
Publications
  • Charlas, Talleres de varios temas a lo largo de los años dirigidos a : -Niños(as)/Adolescentes-Padres, Madres o encargados-Docentes y cuerpo administrativo de centros educativos-Entrenadores de Escuela de Futbol de Saprissa
  • Experiencia en Docencia Universitaria