Ally Bayard

Founder, Clinical Director

Ally is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Autism Specialist and board approved supervisor. With a Masters degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Ally is passionate about using evidence-based practices to support her clients.

Ally specializes in working with children, teens, young adults, couples, parents and families. She is published in the Journal of Attention Disorders for her research on ADHD. During graduate school she served as a research assistant at St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis, TN.

Upon completing graduate school, Ally worked at Our Lady of the Lake on the inpatient psychiatric units serving the addiction and detox units. After a year there, she returned to her love of working with children as the primary children and family counselor on the Adolescent Psychiatric inpatient unit. She facilitated individual, family, and group work with patients ages 13-17. While there, she also saw clients in private practice, offering play therapy with clients ages 3-10 and providing parenting classes. In 2018, having built a reputation for working with children and families, Ally was approached by a day school to provide mental health services to students ages 2-11 in the school setting. For four years she provided individual, group, and family services in the school setting while also maintaining a private practice serving children, college students and adults in individual and relationship counseling.

With current events and the aftermath of the health pandemic and shutdowns, Ally saw how the need for mental health services has skyrocketed. With such high demand and so few providers with the specialty and experience to work with children, Ally decided to open Refinery Counseling Center. The mission is simple: serve our clients with grace and excellence.

In addition to offering therapy services, Ally also offers parenting education and consulting services. With such niche experiences, Ally is able to help connect families to a variety of resources in order to ensure the child, couple or family is being treated as a whole.

When not serving others, Ally enjoys spending time outdoors and with her children. She loves to travel, read, and explore new places.

: ally@refinerycounselingcenter.com

Invited Presentations:

  • Bayard, A. (2025, February). Understanding and Encouraging Healthy Adolescent Relationships. Presented at Catholic High School in Baton Rouge, LA
  • Bayard, A. (2023, January). Toxic Masculinity in the Transition From High School to College. Presented at Catholic High School in Baton Rouge, LA.
  • Bayard, A. (2022, October). Mental Health in the Modern World: Optimizing Mental Health for Young Adults Living in a Digital Era. Presented at LSU Delta Zeta in Baton Rouge, LA.
  • Bayard, A. (2022, October). Boundaries and Values. Presented at LSU Pi Beta Phi Sorority Mental Health Night in Baton Rouge, LA.
  • Bayard, A. (2022, September). Mental Health in the Modern World: Optimizing Mental Health for Young Adults Living in a Digital Era. Presented at LSU Kappa Kappa Gamma in Baton Rouge, LA.
  • Bayard, A. (2020, August). Responding to Children’s Needs in a COVID World. St. James Episcopal Day School Faculty In-Service in Baton Rouge, LA.
  • Bayard, A. (2019, May). Pediatric IBD: Helping Your Child Survive and Thrive. Presented at Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation’s Louisiana Education Day in Baton Rouge, LA.
  • Bayard, A. (2018, October). Boundaries and Decision Making. Presented at LSU Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity Mental Health Night in Baton Rouge, LA.

Contributions in Publication

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