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General Information - Staff
Sex and Couple Therapists
The staff of the Sex and Couple Therapy Service is comprised of a multidisciplinary team including expertise from psychology, psychiatry, gynecology, urology and social work.
Director
Dr. Yitzchak (Irv) Binik, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Dr. Dennis Kalogeropoulos, Ph.D.
Secretary
Judi Young
(for appointments and information)
Tel: (514) 398-6094
Tel: (514) 934-1934 ext. 34285
Tel: (514) 398-5323
Administrative CoordinatorCaroline Maykut Tel: (514) 398-5323
caroline@ego.psych.mcgill.ca
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Consultants
Dr. Samir Khalife, M.D. Gynecologist
Staff
Elina Alexandrov,Ph.D.
Kevin Duckworth, M.A.
Trainees/Interns
Seth Davis
Laurel Paterson
Sabina Sarin
Geneviève Mailloux
Catherine Senécal
Pascale-Audrey Moriconi
Virginia Chow
Tsipora Mankovsky
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Phyllis Amato received her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Montreal in 1995. Her research and clinical interests include: sexual difficulties encountered in menopausal and postmenopausal women, relationship difficulties in adults who were sexually abused as children and relationship stability in bisexual partnerships. Phyllis describes her current treatment orientation as integrative. She is a member of SSTAR, APA, EMDR Canada, EMDRIA, and OPQ.
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Elina Alexandrov received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of California at Berkeley in 2003, after completing a predoctoral internship at Bellevue and Gouverneur Hospitals in New York City. In 2003-2004, she did a research postdoc at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Her main clinical and research interests lie in the field of attachment theory, particularly as it applies to the quality of couple relationships.
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Nira Arbel received her Ph.D in clinical psychology from the University of Montreal in 1994. She completed internships at the Douglas Hospital and at Louis H. Lafontaine Hospital. She worked for 13 years at the Fernand Seguin Research Center of the Louis H. Lafontaine Hospital with treatment outcome studies for sexual dysfunction and social phobia, both as a group therapist and as research coordinator. She has been in private practice at the Centre de Psychologie Behaviorale clinic since 1991 where she is currently a partner and director. |
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Sophie Bergeron received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from McGill University in 1999 after completing a predoctoral internship in the Department of Psychology at the Royal Victoria Hospital. She then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Sexology at Université du Quebec à Montreal, where she is currently an Associate Professor. Her clinical and research interests center on the assessment and treatment of sexual pain disorders. For more information please see bergeron.sophie.uqam.ca/.
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Irv Binik received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975. He completed an internship in the Department of Psychiatry of the Warneford Hospital in Oxford, England. Currently, he is a Professor of Psychology at McGill University and Director of the Sex and Couple Therapy Service of the Allan Memorial Institute. Dr. Binik’s research interests focus on the sexual/genital pain disorders. His treatment orientation is “agnostic.” For more information please see www.binik-lab.com |
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Ilona Gossmann received her Ph.D. in psychology from Université de Montreal in 2001. Dr. Gossmann completed clinical training with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy prior to completing an internship in the Sex and Couple Therapy Service and Cognitive Behaviour Service in the Department of Psychology at the Royal Victoria Hospital. In addition to working in the Sex and Couple Therapy Service, she also works in the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Service in the Department of Psychology at the Royal Victoria Hospital. Clinical and research interests focus on the initiation of sexual activity in married and cohabitating couples, sexual desire issues and individuals and couples in same sex relationships. Member of CPA, APA, OPQ and SSTAR.
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Corinne Gutman received her M.A. in clinical psychology from the University of Hartford in 1977. Her research involves role-playing and the development of empathy in children. She has lectured in the areas of learning disabilities and adolescent development for 12 years at Concordia University. At the Child and Adolescent Service, her clinical pursuits involve the integration of psychodynamically-oriented individual therapy with a systemic approach in family therapy. Her work includes diagnostic assessment, clinical supervision and teaching. She is co-leader of the Family Therapy Training Seminar, a training program offered to students of various disciplines at the Allan Memorial Institute.
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Dennis Kalogeropoulos received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Concordia University in 1991. His clinical interests include multimodal approaches to the assessment and treatment of a wide range of sexual problems and issues related to sexuality as well as to the treatment of relationship difficulties. His current research interests include investigating the effectiveness of psychoeducational group programs in the areas of marital enhancement and coping with prostate cancer. Dr. Kalogeropoulos is the associate director of the Sex and Couple Therapy Service a lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Concordia University and a Consultant to the Urology Department of McGill University Medical School.
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Julie Larouche received her M.Ps. in 1994 from l’Université de Montréal and has completed her doctoral courses at Concordia University. She completed her predoctoral internship at the Sex and Couple Therapy Service of the Allan Memorial Institute in 2000. She is currently co-director of the Sexual Health Program, a joint venture of the departments of Psychology and Urology where male sexual dysfunction is approached from a multidisciplinary perspective. Her main clinical and research interests lie in the field of sexual medicine. Her doctoral research is on erectile dysfunction and she has also been involved in clinical studies dealing with female dyspareunia. Her treatment orientation is integrative.
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Monica Oala is completing her Ph.D. in Counselling Psychology at McGill University. Her research interests focus on extramarital affairs and their treatment in therapy. She did her doctoral practicum in the Department of Psychology at the Royal Victoria Hospital. She is also currently a part-time instructor in the Human Relations and Family Life Education Program at McGill University where she lectures on group processes and facilitation skills for psycho-educational group work. She received her certification in Family Life Education in 2002 and now supervises certification candidates in this program. |
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Gerry Wiviott received his M.D. from New York University and followed that with a diploma in psychiatry from McGill in 1975. Since then he has been on staff at the Allan Memorial Institute working on the inpatient service and teaching residents and medical students. In addition to working in the Sex and Couple Therapy Service, he leads a seminar for residents focusing on existential psychotherapy.
Cynthia Demers is a psychologist (M.Ps) and is currently completing a Psy.D. at the University of Sherbrooke. She completed her doctoral internships at the Sex and Couple Therapy and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Services in the Department of Psychology at the Royal Victoria Hospital. Her main clinical and research interests lie in the field of couple functioning, sexual problems and anxiety disorders. Her doctoral research focuses on intimacy and marital satisfaction.
Jewel Perlin received her B.A. (Psychology), B.S.W., & M.SW. from McGill University. She is completing her Ph.D. in Counselling Psychology at McGill University. She has six years of experience as a professional social worker (P.S.W.) in private and public school systems, community agencies, and mental health centers where she has provided crisis intervention, short-term and long-term individual, couple, and family counselling, as well as extensive group counselling and psycho-educational workshops.Jewel completed her doctoral practicum at the McGill Counselling Services, Lester B. Pearson School Board,McGill University Psycho-Educational and Counselling Clinic, and the Personality Clinic at the Allan Memorial Hospital. She has experience in individual psychotherapy, personal and career counselling, family and couple therapy, and group therapy. Her research interests include women’s mental health, abuse, borderline personality disorder, resilience and strengths.
Dr. Audrey Wise obtained her Doctor of Education in Counselling Psychology from Boston University. She completed her pre-doctoral internships in clinical child psychology at the Massachusetts General Hospital of Harvard Medical School and in Behaviour Therapy at the Behaviour Therapy Unit of Boston University Medical Center.
She was Founder and Director of the Training Programs in Family and Divorce Mediation at the Royal Victoria Hospital. She was a founding member and the first Vice President of L’Association de Médiation Familiale du Québec. She served on the Advisory Council of Family Mediation Canada. Her clinical interests include relationship difficulties with couples (conflict and separation) and chronic illness in relation to sexuality.
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Interns
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Virginia Chow is currently completing her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Concordia University. She has worked with individuals and families in both private and public clinical settings to treat a variety of difficulties, including problems with mood, anxiety, grief, stress, and addictions. Her research interest is focused on infants' understanding of other people's mental states, such as perception and beliefs.
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Catherine Senécal received her M.Ps. and is currently completing a Psy.D. at the Université du Québec à Montréal, graduating in 2010. She is completing her second internship at the Sex and Couple Therapy Service at the Royal Victoria Hospital. Her research focuses on eating disorders, and her clinical experience extends to work with mood and anxiety disorders. Her thesis focuses on eating disorders in children.
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Pascale-Audrey Moriconi received her honours B.A. in psychology from the Université du Québec à Montréal in 2005 and then pursued a clinical and experimental Ph.D. in psychology at the Université de Montréal. She is currently doing her internship in the Sex and Couple Therapy Service in the Department of Psychology at the Royal Victoria Hospital. Her clinical interests evolve around issues of relationships dynamics, intimacy and sexuality. Her research interests concern alcohol consumption among older Canadians from an epidemiological perspective. Her doctoral studies are supported by the Frederick Banting and Charles Best Scholarship for graduate studies from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research.
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Sabina Sarin received her M.Sc. and M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology from Yale University, and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in the Clinical Psychology Program at McGill University. She has clinical experience working with individuals, couples and families struggling with various difficulties including depression, anxiety, eating disorders, trauma/ abuse, substance use, anger, sexual and relationship problems. Her research is examining the validity of current definitions and distinctions between sexual arousal and desire, as well as the factors influencing the expression of these constructs in healthy and clinical populations of men and women.
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Geneviève Mailloux is in the fifth year of her Ph.D. in clinical Psychology at Université du Québec à Montréal under the supervision of Dr Sophie Bergeron. She is currently doing a clinical internship at the Sex and Couple therapy service. Her main clinical interests focus around couple counselling, sex therapy as well as eating behaviors and disorders.
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