Description
Clariza Arandia-Escanillan is a licensed psychometrician and counselor. She specializes in school and community counseling and has a decade of experience in providing mental health care services. These services include counseling, psychological assessment, instrument validation, program development and implementation, module creation, seminar, workshop, and training facilitation, information material creation, supervision of peer support group, and research. She also has experienced handling crisis line calls and wellness checks. Since she is passionate about mental health promotion, she also provides pro bono services and adheres to continuous professional development through gaining certifications and trainings in handling mental health conditions from distinguished professional organizations.
She has worked with children, adolescents, parents, and working professionals. Most of the concerns that she has handled include emotion dysregulation, grief, poor self-esteem, relational conflict, betrayal, academic adjustment and failures, career selection, job dissatisfaction, and parental or work burnout. She also has dealt with clients who were diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, mood disorders, and anxiety disorders.
She has years of experience in providing counseling and uses an integrative approach. She provides individualized mental healthcare that considers the unique characteristics, needs, goals, and expectations of her clients and uses and reinforces her clients’ strengths and resources. Besides, she employs various evidence-based techniques to help her clients overcome their concerns and attain holistic well-being.