Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Louise Aznavour
PhD Psychologist
(514) 954-1351
Montreal, Canada
LouiseAznavour@stayingupbeat.com
CURRICULUM VITAE in printable PDF
LANGUAGES:
English, French, Armenian, Turkish, Sign Language for the Deaf
ACADEMIC DEGREES:
| 1974 | Université de Montréal, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology |
| 1972 | Université de Montréal, Masters in Clinical Psychology |
| 1970 | Sir George Williams University (Concordia U.), Bachelors degree with honors in Psychology |
| 1989 and 1991 | Courses in Sign Language for the Deaf at Gallaudet University (the first University for the Deaf, Washington, D.C.) and courses at Mackay School for the Deaf, Montreal, Canada. |
ACADEMIC AWARDS:
| 1961-1965 |
American College for Girls (Robert College) A.C.G. Alumni Award |
ONGOING PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (update 2011)
| General Public: | Private Therapy - Consultation - Coaching |
| Business Sector: | Individual Employee Coaching and Group Seminars - Workshops - Boot Camps |
| International Projects: | Business Sector - General Public |
SOME INTERESTING PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
Creative Leadership Bootcamps
Invited Seminar Leader
British Council, Yerevan, Armenia
Subsidiaries of American and International Companies
in Yerevan, Armenia
Clinical Psychologist: Behavior Therapy Unit
Verdun, Quebec, Canada
1974-2000
Clinical Supervisor
Mc Gill U., Concordia U., and Université de Montréal
Clinical supervision and teaching of Behavior Therapy Theory and Techniques to Doctorate students interning at the Behavior Therapy Unit & Presentation of seminars and providing supervision to Psychiatry Residents
Seminar Series: Creativity and Innovation
Slavonic University
Yerevan, Armenia
American University of Armenia
Women’s Group: Coping Skills Building
Visiting Scholar
Bosphorus University (Previously Robert College)
Psychology Department, Istanbul, Turkey
Course Title: Personality
Seminar Series: Optimism, Stress Management, Creativity
Optimism, Stress Management, Creativity
American University of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
Seminar Series: Stress and Depression Management
Hokeban Group
American University of Armenia, Yerevan Armenia
Lecturer Human Relations I & Human Relations II
McGill University (Liberal Arts Department)
Montreal, Canada
Course 1976-1982
Lecturer Personality, Normal and Abnormal
Concordia University
Montreal, Canada
Course 1977
Clinical Psychologist: Psychology Department
Ste Anne’s Veterans’ Hospital
Ste Anne de Bellevue, Québec, Canada
Consultant
Centre d’acceuil Le Chainon
Centre for Retarded Children and Adults. Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Consulting Clinical Psychologist
Mackay Center School for the Deaf
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS: HIGHLIGHTS
31st Annual Convention of the Ordre des dentistes du Québec
Les Journées Dentaires Internationales Du Québec, Palais du Congres, Montreal, Canada (About 1000 professionals attended to my presentation)
Le Stress: Comment Vous Immuniser Contre Ses Effets – Techniques Pratiques
To celebrate its 100th anniversary, the Canadian Dental Association held its annual meeting in conjunction with Les Journées dentaires internationales du Québec, one of the largest annual dental meetings in Canada. The meeting was held in the newly expanded Montreal Convention Centre.
Shari Zedek Congregation
Laugh Your Way Out of Stress
World Federation For Mental Health, World Congress, Dublin, Ireland
Becoming an Optimist: Prevention of Burnout in Health Care Professionals
IV WAPR Congress, Dublin, Ireland
Professional Caretakers Learn Selective Optimism As An Antidote to Burnout
Center for the Advancement of Nursing Practice
Nurse’s Week: Jewish General Hospital
Antidotes to Burnout
Mackay Center
Study day offered to staff and management
Burnout: Prevention and Intervention
Anger Management - groups for the students
Social Skills Training - groups for the students
Hope and Cope
Oncology Department Staff, Jewish General Hospital
Humor and Positive Imagery in Stress Management
Cancer Patients Self-Help Group
Jewish General Hospital
Workshop on Stress Management
LaColle Center, Concordia University
Humor, Laughter and Relaxation Training in Stress Management
Ami Quebec
Support group for individuals diagnosed as having obsessions and compulsions.
Over the years periodically invited as a resource professional.
Jewish General Hospital
Highlights of Seminars and workshops spread around different years:
- Positive Power of Humor in stress management
- Behavior Therapy Emphasized Employee Well-Being: “Caretakers Learn to Prevent Burnout”
- Invited address: La Journée d’étude des Propriétaires du Programme des Foyers Gériatriques
- Intensive Training Session on Relaxation Techniques
- Series of seminars to boost the morale of “burnout” staff due to downsizing
- Special conference offered to Cadre (Management of the hospital)
- Downsizing Stress and Expanding Success in Communication
The Personnel Group of Montreal
Seminar on Communication Skills Training
Tekeyan Cultural Association
Workshop offered to the community
Invited Address: Metabolic Cueing in the Obese
Université du Québec a Montréal
5ieme Colloque Quebecois Sur La Santé Mentale
Entraînement a l’auto affirmation de Soi Pour Les Femmes
Workshop offered to general staff, professors and university students
CEGEP Edouard-Montpetit
La Semaine de Psychologie Wilhelm Wundt
Invited Address on Behavior Therapy
PUBLICATIONS AND STUDIES
(Ongoing) visit my website: www.stayingupbeat.com , books, CDs, communications etc.
Becoming an Optimist: Prevention of Burnout in Health Care Professionals, WFMH World Congress, Dublin, Ireland. Louise Aznavour, Scientific Programme, 109, 1995
Optimism Knocks. Louise Aznavour, Maureen Stafford, Michael Perreault. Training and Development, 10, 1994
Professional Caretakers Learn Selective Optimism as an Antidote to Burnout. Louise Aznavour, Maureen Stafford. IV WARP Congress, Book of Abstracts, 73, 1993.
Study presented at IVth Congress of World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Dublin, Ireland, 26-29 September
Soignez Vos Phobies. Reader’s Digest, 81-84, 1985 (Article by Madelaine Roy based on interviews including Louise Aznavour)
The Comparative Effectiveness of Relaxation and Modeling of Self-Instructions in the Treatment of Stuttering. Louise Aznavour. 1982. (Draft of a research study)
Treatment of Stuttering by Relaxation, Self-Instructions and Modeling: A Behavioral Treatment Package. Louise Aznavour, Zahid Wasti, Paul Klodnisky.1980 (Research study prepared in collaboration with McGill University Psychology students
Effects of Volume and Caloric Preloading on Short Term Metabolic Cueing in the Obese. Louise Aznavour, Walter Watts.1976.
Research Study done with Dr. Walter Watts, concurrently a professor at University of New Brunswick and doing an internship at Behavior Therapy Unit, Douglas Hospital Center
Marathon Groups: One Session Behavioral Package for the Overweight. Louise Aznavour.1975.(Group therapy offered and data gathered to prepare and propose a model for future treatments, teaching and conferences for the university and hospital settings)
Effectiveness of Supplied Mediators in Relation to Presentation Modality and Retrieval Cue.Tannis Y. Arbuckle, Louise Aznavour. J. Experimental Psychology, 1973, 98, 286-290.
MASTERS AND DOCTORAL THESIS
Self-Regulation. The Concept Its Objectives and Methods. (Masters Thesis, 1972)
Comparison of Different Methods of Self-Control in Tolerance of Noxious Stimulation. (Doctoral Thesis, 1974)
This study, based on experimental research protocol, gave promising results reaching statistical significance. A copy of this experimental research can be obtained from the archives of Université de Montréal.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Selective Optimism
The Power of Humor
Wellness Training
Mind/Body Connection (Psychoneuroimmunology)
Social Skills Deficits
Obesity/Food related disorders/Body Image
CERTIFIED MEMBER
Membre
de l'Ordre des psychologues
du Quèbec
= Professional Corporation of Psychologists in Quebec =
