Aurely Abitbol Ouzzan
Thornhill ,Ontario
Summary
Dedicated and empathetic psychoeducator providing individual and group counseling to children and adolescents struggling with internalizing and externalizing mental health disorders, paired with experience providing parental coaching to parents of children and adolescent struggling with mental health disorders. Polished in administering thorough psychosocial assessments and designing and implementing effective treatment plans.
Licensed member of the Professional Order of Psychoeducators of Quebec
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Psychoeducator
Child Psychiatry Clinic - Jewish General Hospital
08.2022 - 08.2023
- Provided counseling and parental coaching to parents of children (6 to 17 years old) receiving mental health treatment in child psychiatry for severe school refusal, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and behavioral difficulties.
- Co-led parenting skills groups for parents of children and adolescents, focusing on building relationships, positive interactions, effective limit setting, conflict management and collaborative problem solving.
- Developed action plans with parents to create a more supportive home environment and maintain a healthy relationship with their adolescent or child dealing with mental health challenges.
- Provided parents with support, coping skills and strategies to help manage their own stress and emotions enabling them to be more available and receptive to their child's needs.
- Developed and implemented treatment plans in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team of child psychiatrist and psychologist to ensure parents can adequately support their children’s short and long-term mental health and well-being.
- Conducted school observations to identify the socio-emotional needs of the children and evaluated their capacity to function in a school setting.
- Collaborated with school personnel to develop and implement treatment plans that support the child’s academic and socio-emotional needs by ensuring appropriate accommodations and measures are put into place.
- Provided counseling and psychosocial follow-ups to adolescents with anxiety and ADHD to help them cope with their emotional distress and better adapt and function in their day-to-day activities using DBT and CBT approaches.
- Participated in ongoing professional development training to stay up to date with latest practices and broaden knowledge and skills related to the field.
- Documented all activities in accordance with hospital policies and procedures.
Psychoeducator Intern (Master Degree)
Day Treatment Program - Child Psychiatry Clinic
09.2021 - 04.2022
- Performed clinical evaluations and assessment reports of patient adaptive/personal needs
- Developed intervention plans adapted to patients’ re-adaptation needs
- Co-led individual and group sessions on building social skills, self-regulation skills, classroom functioning skills, communication skills and self-esteem development
- Conducted continuous behavioral interventions throughout the day, including class time, group therapy sessions, transitions, and informal life moments
- Provided support to patients’ family and worked collaboratively with school partners on intervention plans
- Led the implementation and evaluation of the Mightier project offered to eight patients with emotional and self-regulation difficulties.
- Responsible for clinical psychosocial follow-ups
- Collected data on patients considering personal, systemic and environmental variables
Psychoeducator Intern (Bachelor's Degree)
Child Psychiatry Clinic, Jewish General Hospital
09.2019 - 03.2020
- Performed clinical evaluations and analysis reports of patient adaptive needs
- Collected data on patients considering personal, systemic and environmental variables
- Created an intervention plan adapted to patient's needs, considering their personal strengths and weaknesses (emotional identification and regulation)
- Planned a group intervention adapted to the needs of the members of the group (social skills, conflict resolution, communication skills)
- Conducted ongoing assessments of intervention plans and made necessary adjustments
Social Worker Intern
Cummings Centre For Seniors
06.2018 - 08.2019
- Interviewed clients to assess needs and determine most suitable needs and services.
- Developed and implemented action plans
Education
Master of Psychoeducation - Master of Science
University of Montreal
Montreal, Quebec 05.2022
Bachelor of Psychoeducation - Bachelor of Science
University of Montreal
Montreal, Quebec 05.2020
Diploma of College Studies - Health Sciences
Dawson College
Montreal, Quebec 05.2017
Skills
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
- Ability to conduct psycho-social assessments
- DSM-5 knowledge
- Knowledge of psychiatric terminology
- SPACE program (supportive parenting for anxious childhood emotions) informed
- DBT and CBT informed
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both English and French
- Trained in Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk (AMSR)
- Trained in CPI (non-violent Crisis Intervention)
Professional Trainings
Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk (AMSR) (October 2022)
- Course from Psychwire and the Zero Suicide Institute
CPI (non-violent Crisis Intervention) (August 2022)
- Course from the Crisis Prevention institute
Timeline
Psychoeducator
Child Psychiatry Clinic - Jewish General Hospital
08.2022 - 08.2023
Psychoeducator Intern (Master Degree)
Day Treatment Program - Child Psychiatry Clinic
09.2021 - 04.2022
Psychoeducator Intern (Bachelor's Degree)
Child Psychiatry Clinic, Jewish General Hospital
09.2019 - 03.2020
Social Worker Intern
Cummings Centre For Seniors
06.2018 - 08.2019
Master of Psychoeducation - Master of Science
University of Montreal
Bachelor of Psychoeducation - Bachelor of Science
University of Montreal
Diploma of College Studies - Health Sciences
Dawson College
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