Speakers - 2026

Gaelle Chayer Lanthier
University of Montreal, Canada
Biography

Key Academic and Clinical Activities

  • 2025-09–present: PhD candidate in Psychology, research and intervention profile, University of Montreal (Faculty advisor: Prof. T. Lecomte)
  • 2024–present: Implementation and analysis of questionnaires in outpatient mental health clinics.
  • 2024: Research Assistant (Supervisor: Prof. T. Lecomte): Development and administration of psychometric assessment tools
  • 2023–2024: Research Assistant (Supervisor: Prof. S. M. Brambati): Development, implementation, analysis, and conference dissemination of findings from a questionnaire examining gender identity in action language production
  • 2023–2024: Clinical experiences on social reintegration of sexual offenders and on women under judicial probation
  • 2023: Provision of support and interventions for adolescents in residential care settings
  • 2022: Interventions involving challenging father–child interactions
  • 2022: Research Assistant (Supervisor: Prof. S. M. Brambati): Neuroimaging of language functions and age-related changes
  • 2021–2023: Provision of active listening and emotional support services for individuals experiencing psychological distress

Research interests:

  • The role of psychological and neuro-behavioral factors in adaptation to disease
  • Psychosocial impacts of severe mental health disorders. PhD thesis: Assessment of efficiency of cognitive-behavior intervention on healthy love relations and social functioning