RANDOLPH, Vt.,— Gifford is pleased to welcome Hillary McAllister, MSW and Nicolas Nyirjesy, LCMHC, LADC to its Psychiatry and Counseling department. McAllister will be filling a Social Worker role at Gifford and Nyirjesy is a psychotherapist. Both have experience working with children and adults.
McAllister first came to Vermont for her undergraduate work at UVM. Her appreciation and interest in the unique needs of rural communities grew during her time as a school-based clinician with the Clara Martin Center at East Valley Academy.
“The beauty of social work is we’re trained to think of people in the context of their environment,” McAllister said. “It is a unique perspective that informs what I do and helps me to relate to people authentically.”
Nyirjesy became a therapist in 2014 and previously worked for the Vermont Department of Corrections and the Northwestern Counseling and Support Services in St. Albans. He describes himself as eclectic in his counseling theory, working with a large range of mental health diagnoses including anxiety and mood disorders.
“My personal experiences with mental health struggles inform my counseling perspective. I consider the therapeutic relationship to be at the core of what I do and work to make people feel safe and heard,” Nyirjesy said.
McAllister, Nyirjesy and the rest of our Psychiatry and Counseling team can be contacted through Gifford Primary Care at (802) 728-2445.
