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Lindy Hadges

Sydney,NSW

Summary

Deeply passionate and motivated in regards to the interface between psychological precepts and alternative educational principles.

Have worked as a clinician with hundreds of ADHD clients over 15 years and homeschooled 5 children for 30 years.

Particularly fascinated in how these two concepts can be combined to bring benefit to the neuro-diverse community.

Furthermore, passionate and comfortable with media work in both these arenas.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Lecturer in Psychology and Counselling

Notre Dame University
01.2022 - Current
  • Teach psychological and counselling principles to students.
  • Review and coordinate educational materials for relevancy and accuracy.
  • Develop meaningful relationships with students to enhance learning outcomes
  • Developed strong relationships with colleagues, collaborating on curriculum development.
  • Assess students' progress and provided feedback to enhance learning.
  • Cultivate critical thinking skills through challenging educational experiences.
  • Use PowerPoint and Google Classroom for student presentations.
  • Promote collaboration among students through group projects and presentations, fostering teamwork and communication skills.
  • Meet with students to dispense study and career advice and guidance.
  • Design and implement various educational activities and programs to meet individual student needs.
  • Evaluate and revise lesson plans and course content to achieve student-centered learning.
  • Graded quizzes, tests, homework, and projects to provide students with timely academic progress information and feedback.

Psychotherapist

Self-employed
01.2010 - Current
  • Maintain and update client notes, changes in treatment plans and reports.
  • Comply with all registration and insurance bodies.
  • Conduct assessments of clients' psychological functioning, identifying areas for targeted therapeutic interventions.
  • Provided crisis support and emergency care.
  • Provide long term support to clients through a wide range of modalities.
  • Work with interdisciplinary treatment teams to develop treatment plans and review progress.
  • Guide families through conflict resolution processes using systemic family therapy.
  • Engage in mediation.
  • Develop personalised treatment plans to address specific client needs, leading to improved mental health outcomes.
  • Promote mental health awareness within the community through educational workshops and presentations.
  • Refer clients to other specialists, institutions or support services as necessary.
  • Supervise trainee therapists in their clinical work, providing guidance and feedback to enhance their professional development.

Homeschool Creative Arts

Self Employed
02.2014 - Current

Founder and director of a not for profit charitable community enterprise.

HCA was founded 20 years ago with the vision of building a safe and supportive community for homeschooling children and their parents.

The goal of HCA was to build a community where homeschooled children could build friendships with others and to create an environment where parents could seek support and build rapport with other homeschooling families.

This would occur while children were simultaneously taking part in large scale activities such as singing, dancing and acting lessons and productions, developing their social skills. .

Equip Ministry Wives

Equip Ministries
01.2005 - Current
  • Perform as part of a team to organise large scale events and conferences
  • Oversee advertising and social media campaigns to expand conference attendance.
  • Evaluate program effectiveness by collecting feedback from participants.
  • Established a welcoming atmosphere for attendees.
  • Mentor younger or less experienced committee members.
  • Identify and recruit potential volunteer workers.
  • Prepare, coordinate and distribute advertising materials pertaining to annual events.
  • Facilitate small group discussions and panels.
  • Demonstrate leadership skills in managing projects from concept to completion.
  • Use critical thinking to resolve problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
  • Exercise leadership capabilities.

Media Relations Officer

HEA-Homeschool Education Association
01.1998 - Current

The HEA is a not for profit charitable enterprise.

Working at the HEA as a volunteer over many years has required flexibility to attend last minute media interviews for television, radio, newspaper and magazines to promote homeschooling and engage in community education.

President of Safe Child Africa

Safe Child Africa
01.2005 - 01.2015
  • Safe Child Africa existed as a charitable enterprise to raise funds and awareness for abused children in Nigeria. SCA existed to educate and raise funds to build orphanages and employ staff to care for the displaced children of the Niger Delta.

Responsibilities included:

  • Overseeing adherence to insurance and safety regulations.
  • Raising funds through events
  • Educating through events
  • Navigating complex regulatory environments while maintaining compliance across all aspects of the organization''s operations.
  • Speaking engagements at conferences and fundraising events.

Education

Masters of Counselling - Psychotherapy

Morling Theological College
Sydney
01.2022

Advanced Graduate Diploma in Counselling - Psychotherapy

St. Mark's Theological College
Canberra, ACT
01.2010

Skills

  • Strong leadership and organisational abilities
  • Public speaking and media engagement
  • Advocating for the vulnerable
  • Strong self-awareness
  • Strength in communication and diplomacy
  • Comfortable with risks and challenges
  • Deeply empathic and compassionate
  • ADHD and ASD specialist
  • Extensive educational experience
  • Passionate for psychological health

Timeline

Lecturer in Psychology and Counselling

Notre Dame University
01.2022 - Current

Homeschool Creative Arts

Self Employed
02.2014 - Current

Psychotherapist

Self-employed
01.2010 - Current

Equip Ministry Wives

Equip Ministries
01.2005 - Current

President of Safe Child Africa

Safe Child Africa
01.2005 - 01.2015

Media Relations Officer

HEA-Homeschool Education Association
01.1998 - Current

Masters of Counselling - Psychotherapy

Morling Theological College

Advanced Graduate Diploma in Counselling - Psychotherapy

St. Mark's Theological College
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