GESTALT

Gestalt Counselling and Training Center. Gestalt Training Program for Professionals in the Social and Human Sciences: with Susan Saros.1989-1992.
Gestalt Therapy and Transactional Analysis: with Selma Greenblatt. Winter 1982 Spring 1983.
Gestalt Institute of Miami. Dream Workshops: with Marty Fromm. Spring 1983, Fall 1984.
Institut de Thérapie Gestalt du Quebec à Montreal, Gestalt Therapy.1985-1988.

Institut de Thérapie Gestalt du Québec à Montréal, Inner Landscapes Gestalt Therapy and the Chinese Theory of Five Elements. Fall and Winter 1986.
Cheryl Kies-Veltman, Psycho-dynamic and Cognitive, 1988-1993,
Gestalt Therapy in the Nineties, with Irving and Miriam Polster, September 28-29, 1995.
Experiencing Diversity, Rogerian Person-Centered Approach, with Ruth Sanford, October 17-19, 1997.
The Heart and Soul of Gestalt, with Dr. Robert Harman, Center of Gestalt Development,
August, 2000.
New Tools in Ethnotherapy, Dr. José Segura, March, 27, 2003.
Le lien : Intimité, isolement, appurtenance 28 et 29 octobre 2005. The Gestalt Association
of Québec.

THERAPEUTIC BODYWORK

Anti-gymnastics: with Ghislaine d'Astous. Winter-Summer 1982.
Feldenkrais: with Mark Reese, July 1983; with Suzanne Charbonneau, Fall 1991.
Eutonie: Gerda Alexander School: with Micheline Reynald. Fall 1984, Winter-Summer 1985, Winter-Spring 1986, Winter 1987.
Sensory Awareness: with Charlotte Selver. August 1991.
Focusing: with Denise Noël. May 1993; Summer 1993; Fall 1993
Feldenkrais: with Suzanne Charbonneau, Summer-Fall 2003.

ART THERAPY

The Neutral Mask: with Charlotte Gingras. September 1984.C. Jung Circle Workshops: Concordia University. Winter 1985.
Mess Painting - Zen Painting: Lute Creative Mobilisation Technique: with Rita Briansky.
May-June 1985.
Master Painting Class: with Seymour Segal, Saidye Bronfman Center.1989-1990.
Drawing From Within Institute, Ateliers Seymour Segal : Drawing From Within, Drawing Upon            Nature, Drawing Upon the Self,  with Seymour Segal and Peter London.. July 1991-August           1992..
Drawing from the Right Side of the Brain, with Meyer Yacoub, Fall 1992.

ARTICLES

"Le savoir, le savoir-faire et le savoir-être dans la psychothérapie" in Guides Ressources, vol. 13, no. 2, October 1997.
"Le savoir, le savoir-faire et le savoir-être dans la psychothérapie" in Cognica, Canadian Guidance and Counselling Association, November 1997.
"Le savoir, le savoir-faire et le savoir-être dans la psychothérapie" in Psychothérapie Québec, Vol. I, No. 1, January 1998.
“Ich bin ein Gestalttherapeut-Wissen, Fertigkeit und Sein in der Psychotherapie”, in Gestalt Kritik, Mai 2002, #2, 2002.
“Le savoir, le savoir-faire et le savoir-être dans la psychothérapie”, in L’Info Citrac, Journal des Thérapeutes en Relation d’aide, Vol. 5 #3, fevrier 2000.
“L’Ultime Tango: Quand le thérapeute danse avec la grande faucheuse”, dans Psychothérapie Québec, Vol. 6, #1, 2003.
“Bénies soient-elles”, dans Psychothérapie Québec, Vol. 6, #1, 2003

SUPERVISION

Seymour Segal, Art Therapy, 1990-1995
Susan Saros, Gestalt Therapy, 1989-1999
Dr. Jean Charles Crombez, M.D., Psychoanalysis and Echo, 1998-2009

VOLUNTEER WORK

Winter 1997 Clinical Supervisor for street workers at the Pop’s Bunker “Dans la rue”, Montreal

Spring 1996 Grief Counselling. Eight week workshop for Senior Citizens Council of 
Notre Dame-de-Grâce.

EDITOR

Psychothérapie Québec, Annual review of the Quebec Society of Professional Psychotherapists. Member of Editorial Board. 1999, 2004, 2005.

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

Ph.D. McGill University

ACADEMIC AWARDS

National Wolfson Scholarship, McGill University
Guy Drummond Scholarship, McGill University
McConnell Fellowship, McGill University
Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship, Canada Council for the Arts

TEACHING

CEGEP John Abbott Department of Humanities, Professor, 1973-2008

COURSES TAUGHT

Human Behaviour: Nature or Nurture?
Sociology of Sexuality
Human Potential: Body-Mind
Holistic Health: Wellness
Interpersonal Communication
The Creative Process
Communication, Self and Society

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association, certified member; Gestalt Association of Quebec, member; Association des arts thérapeutes du Québec, special affiliate; Société québécoise des psychothérapeutes professionnels-les, certified member; International Gestalt Therapy Association, founding member, American Counseling Association, member.

Professional Insurance: Marsh Canada Limited- MAR297

Problems Treated: Anxiety - Anorexia - Bulimia - Burn Out - Childhood Abuse - Depression - Emotional Distress - Grief - Interpersonal Conflicts - Loneliness - Loss - Psychosomatic Symptoms - Separation - Stress - Self-Esteem-Trauma, Oncology Support.

Approach and Techniques: Existential-Humanist, Gestalt, Art-Therapy, Eutonie, Art Thérapie,     Systémique, Psychothérapie Positive
Clientele: Adults and young adults.
Languages: English and French