NICK RYAN

Dynamic Clinical Director with extensive experience at Sycamores, excelling in program development and team leadership. Proven track record in crisis intervention and regulatory compliance, enhancing service delivery for diverse populations. Adept at grant writing and fostering collaboration, driving quality assurance in mental health services.

• California State Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT 37693, 2001
• Registered and Board-Certified Art Therapist, 2005
• Certified Psychoanalyst, 2012
• Lanterman-Petris Short (LPS) Certified in Riverside County, 2024
• Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) Certified Trainer, 2019
• Certified Recognize, Intervene, Support, Empower (R.I.S.E) trainer, Los Angeles LGBT Center, 2019
• Certified Resource Parent, Extraordinary Families Foster Family and Adoption Agency, Los Angeles, CA, 2018
• Certified STRTP Administrator, 2019
• California Association of Marriage and Family Therapist, Clinical Member, 2001
• American Art Therapy Association, Professional Member, 1998
• World Professional Association for Transgender Health, Professional Member, 2014
• Certified Mindfulness Clinician I, 2020

• Top Docs in Pasadena, Pasadena Magazine, 07/01/14
• The Nancy Goldman Award for Leadership and Service, Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 05/01/24

• Demonstrating Trauma-Informed Organizational Change, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Atlanta, GA, 11/10/22
• What About the Boys? Promoting Family Connection in the Treatment of Male CSE Youth, UC Davis Partnership for Well-Being Conference, Anaheim, CA, 06/01/22
• The Challenges of Identifying and Treating Male CSE and SE Youth in Residential Care, UC Davis Partnership for Well-Being Institute Conference, Anaheim, CA, 06/01/22
• From Trauma-Aware to Trauma-Informed to Trauma-Responsive, Association of Children’s Residential and Community Services 66th Annual Conference, Louisville, KY, 07/13/22
• Building Organizational Capacity for LGBTQ+ Inclusive Practice in Residential Care, Association of Children’s Residential and Community Services 66th Annual Conference, Louisville, KY, 07/12/22
• Relationships First: Committing to the Reduction and Elimination of Restraints, Association of Children’s Residential and Community Services 66th Annual Conference, Louisville, KY, 07/11/22
• Youth in the Child Welfare System: A Youth Perspective, Partnership for Well-being Virtual Institute Conference, 12/01/20
• Telework and Parenting during the COVID-19 Pandemic, The Capital Group for National and International audience, 05/01/20
• Leadership and Organizational Alignment for Continuum of Care Reform in California, 10/01/19, San Diego County, CA
• Integrated Core Practice Model: Implications for STRTP Providers, Statewide Technical Assistance for STRTP Programs in California, 07/11/19
• Navigating Residential Reform: A Research Study of Southern California Providers, Association for Children’s Residential Centers 63rd Annual Conference, 04/23/19, New Orleans, LA
• STRTP Peer to Peer Webinar- Bio-Family Centered Care, California Department of Social Services, 03/25/19
• Youth in the Child Welfare System: A Youth Perspective, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, 2018-2019
• Cultural Humility and Strength Based Work, Los Angeles Training Consortium, 2018-2019
• Family Search and Engagement, Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, 09/01/18
• Implementing Your Short Term Residential Therapeutic Program: Continuum of Care Reform, Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, 10/01/18
• Redefining Residential Care: Ensuring Competent Residential Interventions for Youth with Diverse Gender and Sexual Identities and Expressions, XV Annual European Scientific Association on Residential and Family Care for Children and Families (EUSARF) Conference, Porto, 10/02/18
• Partnering to Promote Permanency for LGBT Foster Youth, National Alliance for Stronger Families and Communities, Hollywood, CA, 10/01/16
• Complexity and the Relational Unconscious: A Symposium for the ICP Community, 02/01/15
• From Invisible to Visible: Empowering LGBTQ Youth in Residential Care, 52nd Annual American Association of Children’s Residential Centers, New York, NY, 04/01/13
• Interviewed on In the Life PBS documentary series on LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care, 11/01/12
• Art, Play and Imagination in the Treatment of a Child, Loyola Marymount University’s 30 Years of Art Therapy at LMU Symposium, 05/01/11
• Art, Play and Imagination in Treatment, Ryan, N., The International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, 1, 127-129, 2010

• Participated in development and implementation of Statewide demonstration project-Residentially Based Services (RBS)
• Member of the Implementation Team for Federal Grant (Permanency Planning Initiative)
• Participated in leadership activities to drive organization toward The Joint Commission accreditation
• Project leader: Certification of All Children/All Families Human Rights Campaign Seal
• Developed Empowering LGBTQ Youth in Out of Home Care. 4-hour on-line CE training for California STRTP and FFA License and License renewal
• Conference Chair Association of Children’s Residential and Community Services 66th Annual Conference, Louisville, KY. 07/01/22
• Conference Chair and facilitator for Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis Spring Conference: 'What’s Gender Got to Do With It?: A Trans(formative) Understanding of Gender Variance and Clinical Considerations. 02/01/16
• Kaiser Permanente Grant (2018-2020). Participated as subject matter expert, project developer and implementation of deliverables for phase one ($93,000) and phase two ($300,000)
• Trauma-Informed Care Assessment Lead: (09/01/21-09/01/26)
• Project Director/Principal Investigator: (12/01/22-12/01/24) Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Mental Health Awareness Training Grant. Two Years ($250,000)
• Conference Chair: Association of Children’s Residential and Community Centers 67th Annual Conference. 05/01/23, Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Guest lecturer, MFT Graduate Program at Loyola Marymount University, Working with the LGBTQ Population in Psychotherapy; Gender in Psychotherapy
• Elective course instructor, Sexual Minorities and Psychoanalysis, Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Spring Semester 2015
• Instructor, Therapeutic use of the Analytic Space, Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, September 2017
• Instructor, Child & Adolescent Psychoanalysis: A Contemporary Approach, Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, October 2018
• Instructor, Introduction to Relational Psychoanalysis, Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, September 2019

• Board of Directors; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Coachella Valley, CA, 04/01/24, present
• Board of Directors, President/Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 01/01/21, 12/31/24
• Board of Directors, Secretary/Executive Officer, Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 01/01/14, 12/31/15
• Board of Directors, Advisor, Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 01/01/21, 12/31/23
• Alumni Advisory Council, Loyola Marymount University Marital and Family Therapy Department
• Member of Fighting Racism and Homophobia Task Force, Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis
• Chair, Facilitator and Teacher for the Pasadena Saturday Series Training Program, Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis
• Faculty Member, Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis