Constance Boulé
Under Dr Steve Geoffrion's supervision
Master's student in psychoeducation with propaedeutic | Université de Montréal
Constance is a psychoeducation propaedeutic student at the University. She has been involved in the CÉT since the fall of 2022 as a research assistant. She will begin her Master’s degree in psychoeducation (thesis and internship profile) in the fall of 2023 under the supervision of Dr. Steve Geoffrion. Her research interests focus on the impact of anxiety disorders, particularly post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). That said, her dissertation project will focus on the risk and protective factors associated with PTSD symptom trajectories in firefighters. She also aims to pursue her doctoral studies in psychoeducation.
François Bellemare
Under Dr Steve Geoffrion's supervision
Doctoral student in psychology | Université de Montréal
François is a professional doctoral student in clinical psychology at the Université de Montréal under the supervision of Professor Steve Geoffrion. His research interests focus on the mental health of individuals who have experienced traumatic events. His doctoral research will focus on the acceptability of psychological first aid in the youth protection environment.
Under Dr Steve Geoffrion's supervision
Renaud Dufour
Under Dr Steve Geoffrion's supervision
Doctoral student in psychology | Université de Montréal
Renaud is a doctoral student in psychology under the supervision of Dr. Steve Geoffrion. His research interests are in the area of sex and gender in the health and social services system. In particular, he is interested in how the sex and gender of care workers influence the effects of work adversity and chronic stress on their health and well-being. His doctoral dissertation will focus on the influence of sex and gender on occupational stress and its consequences among Quebec health care workers, including in the context of a pandemic. In recent years, he has also developed expertise in the area of animal-assisted intervention as an innovative practice in social services.
Isabelle Laguë
Doctoral student in psychoeducation | Psychological first aid worker | Université de Montréal
Isabelle is a doctoral student in psychoeducation under the supervision of Dr. Steve Geoffrion. She is interested in improving supervision in the context of youth protection, in order to improve the psychological support of workers and their supervisors. Her research interests include complex trauma, attachment-based and/or trauma-informed intervention approaches, psychological health of helping professionals, and reflective practice.
Victoria Lavallée
Under Dr Steve Geoffrion's supervision
Victoria is currently a Master’s student in psycho-education at the Université de Montréal and is writing her thesis at the Centre for Trauma Studies. In this sense, her research topic is the experience of accountability among youth protection workers. More specifically, she is interested in the way they define accountability, the impact of this concept on their mental health, as well as the various strategies they use to adapt to it. More broadly, she is interested in the mental health of youth workers, particularly with respect to post-traumatic stress and burnout.
Jasmine Paquette
Under Dre Christine Genest's supervision
Master's student in nursing sciences | University of Montreal
Jasmine is a first year student in the Master of Science in Nursing program under the supervision of Dr. Christine Genest – clinical expertise component, at the University of Montreal. She has been working for almost three years at the CHU Sainte-Justine on the mother-child unit. While working with families from various backgrounds, she developed an interest in teenage mothers. She is therefore interested in studying the effects of the perinatal experience on the mental health of adolescent mothers.
Mélanie Poitras
Under Dr Steve Geoffrion's supervision
Doctoral student in psychoeducation | Psychological first aid worker | Université de Montréal
Ms. Poitras has been a doctoral candidate and lecturer at the School of Psychoeducation at the University of Montreal for the past 12 years. Her interests include involvement in treatment and intervention with adolescents and adults with mental health disorders and delinquency or antisocial problems. She has worked for several years in the development of various university and continuing education programs in Haiti. Moreover, having worked in the network for more than 15 years in various support functions (psychoeducator, service manager, trainer, APPR), Ms. Poitras has always taken to heart the good psychological health of workers, their well-being and the optimal support they can offer their clients and/or users. For the past six years, she has specialized in trauma and the evidence-based interventions to be implemented for individuals who have experienced a potentially traumatic event or are living with psychological distress. She is also called upon as a consultant to support teams, to train workers (health care workers, first responders, community workers) and to support managers in the implementation of response protocols to post-traumatic events within various governmental, municipal or community organizations. Through her different experiences and her intercultural sensitivity, she has also been called upon to adapt psychological first aid to the Haitian population of Montreal and to Ukrainian refugees.
Rachel Primiani
Under Dr Steve Geoffrion's supervision
Doctoral student in psychoeducation | Psychological first aid worker | Université de Montréal
Rachel is a doctoral student in psychoeducation under the supervision of Dr. Steve Geoffrion. For her dissertation, she is interested in evaluating an innovative practice in the health and social services network: animal-assisted intervention. More specifically, she is evaluating the impact of such an intervention in psycho-educational practice with adults with severe mental health disorders. In her practice, Rachel also works with emergency responders to prevent the development of post-traumatic reactions.
Nevena Popova
Bachelor's student in psychology | Université de Montréal
Nevena is a 2nd year undergraduate student in Psychology at the University of Montreal. She has been involved with the CÉT since the fall of 2022 as a research assistant. Her research interests include post-traumatic stress, domestic violence, and sexual assault. Her goal is to pursue her doctoral studies in clinical psychology research and intervention.