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BUKOLA OLAWUWO

Whitecourt,Canada

Summary

A forward-thinking counsellor who provides effective, best-practice treatment for men on an in-person and remote platform. Previous experience in counselling, comfortable and adept in supporting a wide range of male-specific issues. Passionate and enjoy working as a member of a team with other counsellors, and effective participation in case consultations and supervision sessions.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Psychologist Practicum Student

Alberta Health Services (North Zone)
01.2025 - Current
  • Working with clients experiencing mild to moderate mental health problems in a community setting.
  • Experience working with a collaborative and structured model of counselling.
  • Experience in successful caseload management.
  • Demonstrates a sound understanding of counselling modalities such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy CBT, Solution Focused Brief Therapy SFBT, Dialectic Behavioural Therapy, Narrative Therapy and Humanistic Person-Centered Therapy.
  • Experience working with grief, career counselling, trauma, or life transitions.
  • Experience working with culturally diverse populations, including recent immigrants to Canada
  • Fluency in English Language.
  • Experience in counselling adults [18+] with mild to moderate mental health problems.
  • Able to consider a range of appropriate therapeutic options that align with the professional’s ethical standards for all clients.
  • Skilled at organizing and managing work and caseload.
  • Ability to maintain records to a high standard per the organization’s policies and willing to provide for audit and evaluation.
  • Passionate team player that values working with others to design, develop and implement information about services available for referrers, service users, and others.

Direct Support Worker

Echo Disability Services
09.2022 - 11.2024
  • Acting as companion and assistant to Persons with Developmental Disabilities in grocery shopping, errands, banking, bill paying, budgeting, goal setting, employment services, and community engagement to promote their independence and community inclusion.
  • Working collaboratively with families, community partners and health care providers to enhance their capacity to promote client’s healthy growth and development.
  • Helping the family coordinate supports and services to address new or changing needs of the child with the disability, as well as the needs of the family.
  • Monitoring the delivery of supports and services and review progress toward the achievement of outcomes.
  • Establishing, cultivating, and enhancing working relationships with community partners to maximize support and services to families.
  • Promoted self-help ideals to assist patients in meeting important milestones.
  • Permanent-34Hrs/week

Server

Retirement Concepts & West Coast Seniors Housing MGT
12.2021 - 07.2022
  • Responded promptly to residents needs and always attentive to help in case of any emergencies.
  • Reported to Service Manager and demonstrated collaborative and team working Skills.
  • Promoted and maintained an atmosphere conducive to pleasant dining through my contagious happiness, individualized service, and strong sense of responsibility to each client.
  • Permanent-20Hrs/week

Head Customer Service Unit

Ecobank Plc
10.2007 - 12.2014

Prioritized and multi-tasked workflow as a team member of the branch’s head of departments.

  • Worked directly with branch management in identifying the existing running accounts, dormant accounts, and inactive accounts.
  • Supported the Marketing and Business Development team with a service-focused and constant follow-up approach on walk-in customers to facilitate and ensure client retention.

Training new associates on account opening documentation, new passbook request, new cheque book request and activation of e-statements and mobile alerts on the modules.

  • Permanent-40Hrs/week

Education

Masters - Counselling Psychology

Yorkville University
Fredericton, New Brunswick
08.2025

Bachelor - Rural Development

University of Ibadan
Nigeria, West Africa
03.2005

Skills

  • Focused on client-centred treatment
  • Good listening and excellent communication skills
  • Excellent team player, proving expertise in clinical consultation
  • Positive and open to new skills and treatment approaches
  • Change facilitator
  • Creative in steering clients to develop self-knowledge, self-awareness, self-confidence and have their needs met
  • A great team member, providing expertise in clinical consultations
  • Positive and open to doing things in new ways
  • Change facilitator
  • Creative in steering clients to find out more about themselves, develop confidence and have their needs met
  • Committed to record-keeping and evaluation

Languages

English
Full Professional

Timeline

Psychologist Practicum Student

Alberta Health Services (North Zone)
01.2025 - Current

Direct Support Worker

Echo Disability Services
09.2022 - 11.2024

Server

Retirement Concepts & West Coast Seniors Housing MGT
12.2021 - 07.2022

Head Customer Service Unit

Ecobank Plc
10.2007 - 12.2014

Masters - Counselling Psychology

Yorkville University

Bachelor - Rural Development

University of Ibadan
BUKOLA OLAWUWO