Holly Ryan
Summary
I am an energetic and passionate Counsellor/Psychotherapist looking to continue my work in a school setting. I have over 3 years experience working in a therapeutic environment with young people. My style of support integrates a person-centred approach alongside other therapy modalities such as Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Narrative Therapy and Mindfulness.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Counsellor/Psychotherapist
Headway Health
12.2023 - Current
- Enhanced patient well-being by utilising evidence-based therapeutic approaches in sessions.
- Established a safe and supportive environment for clients, fostering open communication and trust during therapy sessions.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to provide comprehensive care for patients, resulting in more effective treatment strategies.
- Conducted psychoeducational assessments for children and adolescents, identifying learning difficulties and providing recommendations for targeted interventions.
- Provided crisis intervention services when needed, effectively addressing acute emotional distress and preventing harm to self or others.
Youth Access Clinician
headspace Bankstown
06.2023 - Current
- Providing early intervention with young people between 12 to 25.
- Conducting biopsychosocial clinical assessments, and early intervention sessions working within the headspace 6 to 10 session framework of support.
- Coordinated care including centralised case management, multidisciplinary case discussions, and group supervision.
- Working with GP's, and our Vocational Team specialists regarding shared clients
- And providing care co-ordination to young people to assist them in achieving their goals and actioning their care and management plan.
- Confidence in involving families and carers in the young person's support plan.
- Advocating for clients in getting the support they deserve.
Counsellor, Butterfly Foundation
The Butterfly Foundation
01.2021 - 10.2023
- Providing high quality evidence-based support and counselling to anyone who is affected by eating disorders and body image issues within a safe, supportive, recovery-focused environment, in order to empower them to work towards recovery.
- Direct provision of counselling and support, providing guidance to people with lived experience, family members, carers, friends, teachers and health and community professionals.
- Liaising directly with health practitioners and emergency services where necessary.
- Increasing public awareness and understanding around eating disorders.
- Reducing stigma and increasing help-seeking by listening to and advocating for the voice of lived experience.
- Administrative tasks, maintaining referral database, support services and records
- Fortnightly professional development with our clinical supervisor.
- Further referral and information to public regarding treatment options to eating disorder specific practitioners and treatment centres.
Internship headspace Hurstville
Headspace
02.2023 - 06.2023
- Working with young people between the ages of 12-25 in strengthening their mental health and wellbeing.
- Conducting triage suitability calls, delivering clinical service assessments.
- Confidence in implementing therapy with a person-centred approach.
- Active participation within the multidisciplinary team, scribing for both intake and case review meetings.
- Bringing my own cases to intake reviews to ensure suitability and discussion of next steps for the young person moving forward.
- Participating in community groups and co-facilitating programs alongside our Community Engagement Coordinator.
- Confidence in creating safety plans with clients who present with different kinds of risk, ensuring their safety and confidence.
Crisis Supporter
Lifeline
11.2020 - 11.2022
- Providing over the phone assistance to help seekers.
- Empathic, respectful and compassionate when dealing with help seekers and their emotional reactions, whilst still maintaining my own emotional integrity.
- Using connection, compassion and hope to allow the help seeker to feel heard, supported and empowered through their emotional distress.
- Setting boundaries and leaving opinions, judgements, and worries at the door.
- Ability to empower individuals to be suicide safe.
- Micro skills that assist me in building rapport inclusive of active listening, reflection of feeling, paraphrasing, summarising, reframing and tentative challenging.
- Being aware of my own limitations and sensitive areas, so I can prevent them from impacting any interaction.
- Ability to incorporate feedback given into further interactions.
Behaviour Therapist
Lizard Centre
07.2021 - 01.2022
- Providing Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) to children on the Autism Spectrum or with other Developmental Delays.
- Implementing individualised educational and behavioural programming designed by Lizard's Board-Certified Behaviour Analysts.
- Building and maintaining meaningful relationships with clients and families.
- Helping increase the verbal repertoire and social skills of clients whilst facilitating skill development through activities and play.
- Collaborating with the overall treatment team.
- Behaviour management and experience reducing interfering behaviour.
- Accurately collecting and inputting data.
NDIS Participant Support Advisor
The Better Health Generation (Care Squared)
02.2021 - 08.2021
- Working as the face of several companies under The Better Health Generation umbrella.
- Assisting and providing support to NDIS Participants to ensure they receive the support they need in order to live with choice and control.
- Building rapport with customers and clients across all parts of the business.
- Proven ability to multitask and prioritise in a fast-paced environment.
- Liaising with Clinicians, State Managers and CEOs on a regular basis in regards to intake, service delivery and feedback.
Supervisor and Coach
Aquabliss
09.2016 - 02.2021
- Assessing students and giving extensive feedback to parents and carers.
- Teaching pre-school, school aged, special needs children swimming survival skills and programming and coaching age group competitive swimmers.
- Training new instructors and facilitating companywide workshops.
- Supervising instructors and giving extensive feedback to parents during assessments.
- Administrative, social media-based tasks, and running fundraisers at schools, shopping centres and other local events.
Education
Master of Psychotherapy And Counselling -
Western Sydney University
Sydney, NSW11.2023
Bachelor of Psychology -
Macquarie University
Sydney, NSW11.2021
Skills
- Empathic and compassionate
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Reflective practice
- Communication
- Active listening
- Interpersonal awareness
- Relationship building
- Time management
- Critical thinking and problem solving skills
Certification
- Inside Out: The Essentials: Training Clinicians in Eating Disorders (Feb 2022)
- Mental Health First Aid (Exp. 2024)
- Working With Children Check (WWC) (Exp. 09/2027)
Volunteering
- Community Coach, Max Potential 2019 - December 2020
- Food Server, The Exodus Foundation 2016 - December 2017
Timeline
Counsellor/Psychotherapist
Headway Health
12.2023 - Current
Youth Access Clinician
headspace Bankstown
06.2023 - Current
Internship headspace Hurstville
Headspace
02.2023 - 06.2023
Behaviour Therapist
Lizard Centre
07.2021 - 01.2022
NDIS Participant Support Advisor
The Better Health Generation (Care Squared)
02.2021 - 08.2021
Counsellor, Butterfly Foundation
The Butterfly Foundation
01.2021 - 10.2023
Crisis Supporter
Lifeline
11.2020 - 11.2022
Supervisor and Coach
Aquabliss
09.2016 - 02.2021
Master of Psychotherapy And Counselling -
Western Sydney University
Bachelor of Psychology -
Macquarie University
- Inside Out: The Essentials: Training Clinicians in Eating Disorders (Feb 2022)
- Mental Health First Aid (Exp. 2024)
- Working With Children Check (WWC) (Exp. 09/2027)
Volunteering
- Community Coach, Max Potential 2019 - December 2020
- Food Server, The Exodus Foundation 2016 - December 2017
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