Dr. Narcisso Flores-Bassinger, PsyD
Mentor - Expressive Arts Consultant - Pastoral Counselor
Personal & Professional Development Practice
reclaiming wholeness
Life can be quite challenging, and it's important to know that you're not alone. I've had my own share of challenges and severe hardships, and at times I even felt I had no control over my life. I draw on these experiences along with my clinical training as I approach each person seeking guidance. This would also be true as an artist. I know what it's like to feel stuck or blocked, which only exacerbates any anxiety or sense of helplessness we may be experiencing already. Whether you are dealing with relationship issues, traumatic experiences, or grief over any sort of loss, I have a good sense of where you're coming from because I've been there, too.
Deciding to talk to someone for the first time about our deepest feelings or any evolving creative endeavors can be pretty daunting at first. It's a tough undertaking, exploring any unresolved issues, ongoing feelings of frustration, disappointment, or helplessness in the midst of such overwhelming concerns and doubts. But, ultimately, the rewards involve getting your life back, feeling happy again, and looking at the world with a new or renewed sense of purpose and confidence.
The process of developing a therapeutic relationship itself, getting to know each other, sharing any reactions or unique insights on core issues, and becoming familiar with each of our particular way of being, can be tremendously rewarding as well. My own personal goal is to provide a more open and responsive atmosphere, rooted on three major principles: empathy, compassion, and a genuine sense of appreciation.
Contact Information
Dr. Narcisso Flores-Bassinger, PsyD
Path Back to Wholeness
San Fernando Valley
Arleta, CA
(213) 260-0775
Please contact me to schedule an appointment or to discuss any questions or concerns you may have regarding my services.
I look forward to working with you!
Services & Areas of specialization
I provide 50-minute face-to-face or "Skype" & "Google" video-chat sessions, and I am available for house calls & field visits within San Fernando Valley, West Hollywood/Beverly Hills, and Silver Lake/Los Feliz. My areas of specialization include:
- special projects consultation
- story analysis & consultation
- individual mentoring & spiritual direction
- stress manangement & anxiety
- severe trauma & Combat-related trauma
- relationship issues & premarital counseling
- LGBT personal & community-based issues
- retirement & functional disability adjustment
- chronic & life threatening medical conditions
- Cancer & HIV/AIDS emotional support
- loss / grief & bereavement
- pet bereavement
Main area of specialization: personal and professional consultations primarily rooted on an "Expressive Arts & Spiritual Mentoring" model. Though the practice is also strongly based on mindfulness, humanistic/existential, and transpersonal philosophical models. It utilizes a more self-directed, introspective, person-centered approach to healing and growth along with a more interactive, solution focused, process oriented and intercultural approach to individual, couples, family, and group dynamics.
I am fluent in both Spanish and English, and I am able to offer my services in both languages.
credentials
PsyD ~ Argosy University, Chicago
Illinois School of Professional Psychology
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology & World Spirituality
Focus: Pastoral Care & Counseling; Thanatology [Death & Dying/Grief & Bereavement]; Severe Childhood/Adolescent/Adult/Combat-related Trauma
Dissertation: The Ultimate Leap in the Dark ~ End of Life Process and Spirituality, A Person-Centered Perspective
MA ~ New York University
Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Focus: Applied Pastoral Studies & Thanatology; Secular Mysticism & Modern Spirituality; Pastoral Care & Counseling
Master's Thesis: A Larger Meaning - Case Studies of Practicing and Non-Practicing Roman Catholic Gay Men
Visiting Scholar ~ Loyola University of Chicago
Institute of Pastoral Studies
Expressive Arts & Spiritual Mentoring; Pastoral Care & Counseling; Embodied Spirit - The Challenge of Sexuality and Spirituality
Certification
I am a Certified Pastoral Counselor, and I am practicing in accordance with the State of California Business & Professions Code Section 2908.
✧ Professional Affiliate ✧
American Association of Pastoral Counselors
Religious Affiliation
I have been a member of the Unitarian Universalist Association for over 20 years, and I am currently a member at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Studio City, CA.
Professional Affiliations
- American Psychological Association
- American Counseling Association
- California Psychological Association
- Argosy University Alumni Association
- LA Gay & Lesbian Center
Post-Doctoral Clinical Background
Retired from civil service as a field-based Clinical Psychologist at the Los Angeles County, Department of Mental Health, FSP Program where I provided forensic assessments, ongoing treatment, field- based psychological evaluations, and on-site crisis intervention to former inmates and discharged institutionalized patients.
Completed my Postdoctoral Fellowship at Chicago's Center On Halsted, Mental Health Services where I provided specialized "Person-Centered" services and treatment within the LGBT community; and where I also designed and implemented a 10-weeks court mandated "sexual diversion" program for petty/ first-time offenders struggling with sexual identity and coming out issues.
I completed my doctoral residency in Behavioral Medicine, Chronic Medicine, and Rehabilitation Medicine at Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital on Roosevelt Island in New York City.
