Hi, I’m Dylan!
I am an Occupational Therapist who has worked in youth mental health my entire career. I love finding creative ways to help people explore the things that bring them meaning and connection.
Exploring ways to bring tabletop role playing games like Dungeons & Dragons into therapeutic spaces has been an absolute blast. I get to see people open up and create memories together. I see people get a chance to explore their creative and silly side. When people learn that they are not too different from the hero they are playing in the game, it’s magic!
When I’m not hosting our D&D group there’s a good chance you’ll catch me: eating yummy food, working out, playing basketball, skateboarding, throwing the frisbee, reading comic books, going to the movies, watching anime or playing all of the games with friends.
Clinical Experience
Dylan is an Occupational Therapist who has worked in the primary mental health sector for over 7 years.
Dylan has experience working with young people managing a range of mental health challenges including depression, anxiety, personality disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, psychosis, eating disorders, substance use challenges, also people dealing with trauma and thoughts of suicide and self-harm. Dylan works with and creates safe spaces for people who identify as neuro, gender and culturally diverse.
He has supervised several OT students starting their careers and has worked in brief intervention, ongoing counselling and team leadership roles.
Dylan has helped co-design numerous therapeutic Dungeon and Dragons groups for young people. Dylan runs our Dragons and Dragons group.
(The Boring Bits)
Dylan has a Bachelor of Health Sciences and a Master of Occupational Therapy Practice from La Trobe University.