Member of:
 
Special Cases
- Pervasive Developmental Disorders
(PDD - Autism – Asperger’s Syndrome - Rett)
- Attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Learning difficulties and self-esteem
- Intellectual disabilities
- Behavior disorders
- Difficulties in social adjustment communication and language
(apraxia, dysphasia)
- Generalized anxiety disorder
- Depression and bi-polar disorder
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Chronic illnesses
- Persons with diminished autonomy
- Funerals (love and accompanying the dying)
- Dependency and addiction
MY JOURNEY:
It was during my training as a biologist with marine mammals and then as Animal Assisted therapist, that I learnt to better understand myself and understand others in developing such empathy and congruence. With this understanding, I learnt to act as caregiver to people suffering both physically and mentally.
To achieve this, I have done an introspective for me to meet my needs, to respect my limits, be authentic and, therefore, to develop my sensitive understanding. I worked from September 2008 until June 2009, as a Animal Assisted volunteer with people with pervasive developmental disorders (autism), people with intellectual disabilities, persons diagnosed manic-depressive people with Alzheimer’s and a pre-teen suffering from a disorder of attention deficit without hyperactivity. All these experiences have greatly enriched my knowledge and raised my social awareness. I learned to respect my rhythm and that of my patients, to accept their differences and thereby entered into real relationships. I also put in daily practice, my ability to understand myself and others through my teaching profession.
I have been a professor at a college, teaching biology, for four years, after obtaining an MA and a Ph.D. in biology. Being a teacher requires good listening and a good understanding of his students as well as adaptability. I am an individual who allows myself to develop a bond with my patients and a real relationship of trust is thus created. I try to show them that nothing is impossible, that the realization of our dreams is accessible with determination and will, increase the esteem they have of themselves and break their isolation.
Furthermore, during the summer of 2009, I was received as a student intern, in a therapy center assisted by dolphins for children with autism in Eilat (Israel), then to another facility in Florida for the summer of 2010. (Dolphin Island Care). Also, I left in December 2010 for Antarctica for a month as an Animal Assisted therapist naturalist invited by the cruise ship company Le Ponant. The tools I developed as an animal Assisted therapist for me are invaluable.
Today, I help meet the needs of the people I encounter in pet therapy and family is my true passion. I say even a vocation (family).
TRAINING:
- Animal Assisted Therapist: École Internationale de Zoothérapie.
- Naturalist in Antarctica and guest speaker on a cruise ship, for a period of one month (the Ponant Company);
- PhD in Biology, Water Science and the Environment, National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)-Eau, Terre et Environnement (Quebec)
- Master of Science in Water and Environment and marine biologist, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)-Eau (Québec);
- Master of biology population and ecosystems, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI, France) and the Université Laval (Quebec);
- Licensing of the biology of organisms and populations, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI, France);
- Diploma of general university studies (Bachelor) Biology, University of Sciences of Reims (France)
- Diploma of Animal Assisted Therapist (EIZ, Montreal)
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION:
- Member of the ANN - Academy of Naturopaths
- Member of the CZQ - Corporation of Animal Assisted Therapists of Quebec;
- Publication of numerous articles in international scientific journals- including Limnology and Oceanography, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Environmental Pollution, Water Air and Soil Pollution;
- Awarded scholarships for academic excellence (French government, INRS, St. Lawrence Chapter) and awards for excellence in oral presentations (COMERN, St. Lawrence Chapter).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- Animal Assisted Therapist and naturalist on marine mammals, invited to Antartica, onboard the ship, Le Ponant, from December 2009 to 2010;
- Assisted therapy with dolphins, for children with autism in Israel (Eilat, Summer 2009); Florida, Key Largo at Dolphin Island Care (Summer 2010);
- Assisted therapy with my dog, for a child with attention deficit disorder (ADD), in an individual (eight-month internship and volunteer work), people with depression (Center Place Vermeil: nine-month internship and volunteer) of Alzheimer's patients (CHSLD Lachine)
- Children diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs: autistic children: Espace-Temps center Emergo; people with intellectual disabilities (trisomy 21: body nonprofit private), from September 2008 to June 2009.
THEORETICAL ORIENTATION :
SERVICE OFFERED:
- Animal assisted Therapy (therapy assisted by dog)
SUGGESTED LINKS:
|
