Louise Gaston, Ph.D.,
President
Internationally
acclaimed lecturer, Dr. Gaston is the founder and
president
of TRAUMATYS. She is an
expert in
both trauma,
psychotherapy, and research.
Since 1986, Dr. Gaston has been specializing in PTSD as
clinician
and researcher.
Formerly an assistant
professor at the Department of Psychiatry at
McGill University
(1988-2009), Dr. Gaston is the author of over
40 scientific articles and book chapters, including
"Dynamic Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder" (1995) and "From
memories of abuse to the abuse of memory" (1999). Dr. Gaston has developed two
MMPI scales to assess acute and chronic PTSD in
civilians. Dr. Gaston is also a leader in psychotherapy research. During her
2-year post-doctoral fellowship at
UCSF, she was trained by
Dr.
Mardi Horowitz, author of "Stress
Response Syndrome", and by Dr. Charles Marmar, ex-president of the
International Society Traumatic Stress Studies. Her clinical training encompassed
psychodynamic,
humanistic,
behavioral,
cognitive, and
neurophysiological approaches.
Dr. Gaston is also trained in hypnosis,
relaxation, EMDR, visualization,
and meditation.
Since 1990, Dr. Gaston has
instructed over seventy mental health professionals in the context of a
two-year
training program at TRAUMATYS, in assessing and treating
simple and complex PTSD, in short or long-term psychotherapy. She has conducted or
supervised the treatment of
over fifteen hundred individuals presenting with PTSD due to
criminal acts, sexual assaults, accidents, incest, bereavement, etc. Because some cases
were particularly complicated, Dr. Gaston recognized the need to further her
knowledge in personality disorders. She
participated in a two-year training program on diagnosis and treatment of personality
disorders at the Masterson Institute,
New York. Since 1990, Dr. Gaston has given
lectures on PTSD in
the United States,
Canada, and Europe.
She now
lives in Californie. For detailed qualifications,
please view Dr. Gaston's
résumé.
Daniel Henroteaux, M.Ps.,
Clinical Director
Mr. Henroteaux was born in Belgium and grew up in
Central Africa. He immigrated to Montreal, Canada, in
1986 and completed a bachelor's degree in psychology at the University of Quebec
in Montreal (UQAM). He obtained a master's degree in psychology at the
University of Montreal in 1995 and then completed the courses
and exam for a Ph.D. in research in psychology. Although his initial training in
psychotherapy was primarily psychodynamic, he has also acquired an in-depth
knowledge of humanistic, cognitive, and behavioral approaches.
Since 1995,
Mr. Henroteaux specializes in assessing dangerosity as well as post-traumatic
stress. He works as a contractual psychologist for the Correctional
Services of Canada, offers forensic services in
psychology, and performs numerous expert testimonies in court. Also, since 1995,
after having completed the two-year advanced training at Traumatys, Mr.
Henroteaux renders specialized services of both evaluation and psychotherapy in
post-traumatic stress. He intervenes in organizations in the aftermath of
traumatic events and provides one-day trainings on post-traumatic stress in both
private and public sectors. Finally, at Traumatys, he supervises and gives
courses since 2000 and is the Clinical Director since 2009.
Serge Dupont, Ph.D,
Administrative Director
Dr.
Dupont, Ph.D., has competed his studies in psychology at the University of
Montreal. Thereafter, he has also completed studies in operational finances at
Queens University in Kingston in 1992. He has worked for many years at the
Hôpital Rivières-des-Prairies, a specialized center offering services to
children and teenagers. He then worked at Kepner-Tregoe, a consulting firm in
Princeton, New Jersey, specialized in increasing the efficacy of operational
processes and in elaborating business strategies. For the last 25 years, he has
been the director of many municipal administrations. Dr. Dupont has also been a
member of several boards of directors for non-profit organizations, including
Suicide Action Montréal for the last 10 years.
In 2000.
Dr. Dupont has completed the 2-year advanced training program at Traumatys. Since then, he practices psychotherapy and offers
specialized services of evaluation and psychotherapy in post-traumatic stress.
Since 2009, he has served as the Administrative Director of Traumatys.
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