My Professional Bio
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Vincent Malik Dehili, PhD, CGP, ABPP is Group Coordinator and Licensed Psychologist. Vinny has a passion for bringing diversity consciousness and anti-racism practices to group therapy, serving in various roles within American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) as the Consultation Coordinator with the College Counseling Special Interest Group, Co-Chair of the Racial and Ethnic Diversity Special Interest Group, and Co-Chair for the Diversity and Equity Task Force. Vinny leads several training groups for therapists in his private practice to allow others to grow personally and professionally through experiential training while providing a plethora of free psycho-educational content through his Non-Yalom Group theory seminar series which is used to increase the diversity of thought and methods groups can be viewed while honoring clients socio-cultural context. He serves as current Vice President of the Florida Group Psychotherapy Society, is the current Program Chair for Division 49 – Group Psychology is a co-chair for the Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the American College Counseling Association and was recently elected as Vice President of the Group Speciality Council of APA in an effort to standardize quality group training across internship sites within psychology. Vinny's research and writing endeavors currently include raising diversity consciousness in group theories and validating tabletop roleplaying as an efficacious therapeutic modality for interpersonal growth.
My Unprofessional Bio
Good news everyone! I’ve created a digital pathway for you to learn about the saga of Dr. Vinny Malik Dehili through the reading of this digital lightbox! Vinny hailed from the small town of Ormond Beach Florida, born to an Algerian father, and a Canadian white mother. He grew up as a simple, nerdy child, enjoying video games and listening to ska music far past when it was somewhat cool. In his youth, Vinny blossomed into uncharted territory and joined the circus while studying in his undergraduate psychology program at Florida State University. Hanging up his clown shoes, Vinny went into the world of psychotherapy through FSU’s Counseling and School Psychology Ph.D. program. Vinny’s research on ADHD in college students eventually allowed him to recognize that his research may have been more of a me-search, shifting to owning his neurodivergent strengths of creativity and hyperfocus. It was only after this formal education, that Vinny began to explore and become aware of how the aspects of psychological theory tend to be Eurocentric in the ways they focus on the individual self as the reason for one’s problems, rather than the systems surrounding them. Vinny takes the stance that we should not blame the flower for wilting in a drought. Influenced by the Buddhist Monk, Thich Nhat Hanh, Vinny became an avid reader and learner of diverse therapy practices and theories in group therapy and began to shift to a diversity-conscious, anti-racist frame of psychotherapy. Put simply, Vinny believes in Human-Nature, that humans are similar to any other part of nature, not separate from it. Each person weaves and bends to adapt to their environment to receive nourishment, love, and connection in the best way they know how. Vinny’s clinical interests vary as much as his attention, but is board-certified in group psychotherapy, nationally involved with various professional organizations advocating for social justice and anti-racist practices within psychotherapy, and researches the benefit of utilizing Tabletop RolePlaying Games (e.g., Dungeons and Dragons) as a medium in group therapy to unlock the inner hero we each have inside of us.
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