Rachel Roberts
87 Willison Road, Carlton NSW 2218
E: rachelroberts724@gmail.com            Ph: 0409 901 693

Counselling website: www.makespacecounselling.com

Professional Summary

Clinical Counsellor – PACFA provider #26853

Member of Size Inclusive Health Australia

Certified Body Trust Practitioner (2020) – Centre for Body Trust

Certified Eating Disorder Clinician (2022) – National Eating Disorders Collaboration

Work Experience

Counsellor – Australian Film Television and Radio School                             June 2020 - ongoing

·     Counselling and mental health support for tertiary students, including delivering workshops and wellbeing programs.

Counsellor (placement) – WILMA Women’s Health Centre                           Sept 2019 – April 2020

·     Offering counselling to individual clients at WILMA Women’s Health Centre. Additional tasks include frontline services (speaking with drop-in crisis clients and arranging referrals to appropriate services), co-facilitating thereaputic groups and presenting to management on body image and body positivity in counselling.

Secondary Teacher (Casual)                                                                            Dec 2011 – May 2020

·     Employed by NSW Department of Education and Training as a casual teacher at several high schools in Sydney, including Sydney Distance Education. At Sydney Distance, I worked closely with students from years 7-10 who were unable to attend their regular schools due to mental health concerns.

Artist and Producer with Boho Interactive                                                     Jan 2010 - ongoing

·     Boho Interactive is a science-theatre company based in Canberra. Since 2012, I have worked as an associate artist with Boho creating works for museums, educational centres and public spaces.

·     I have been artist-in-residence at London Science Museum, University College London, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Singapore Science Museum and several other arts and science centres in Australia.

·     As an associate artist, I work closely with research scientists to bring scientific concepts to a public or schools-based audience using theatre and gaming. This involves facilitating workshops, presenting, building feedback methods and working closely with multiple stakeholders to deliver outcomes.

·     https://bohointeractive.com/

Artist with Applespiel                                                                                      Dec 2009 - ongoing

·     Creating and presenting devised theatre works. Highlights include Applespiel Make a Band and Take on the Recording Industry (Performance Space, Malthouse), Escaping Woomera (Performance Space, Next Wave), Sexy New Urban Design Team (Tiny Stadiums), Jarrod Duffy Is Not Dead (Merringong X, Metro Arts).

Education and Training

Master of Science in Medicine (Trauma-Informed Psychotherapy) – currently completing
University of Sydney

Graduate Diploma of Counselling
Australian College of Applied Psychology. Key subjects include grief counselling, trauma therapy and group work.

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
Lifeline, March 2019 – 14 hours

Mental Health First Aid
Lifeline, June 2019 and updated in 2024

Volunteer Crisis Supporter (Lifeline)
Trained and practicing as a telephone crisis supporter March 2019 – March 2021

Peer Support and Mentor
Lead monthly arts support and mentoring workshops with theatre artists ages 16+ with Spark Youth Theatre

Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary)
University of Notre Dame, 2011. Nominated by University and awarded the ‘Outstanding Graduate’ award from the Australian College of Educators for “showing outstanding commitment to educational studies and the practice teaching program”.

Bachelor of Creative Arts
University of Wollongong, 2009.