On Psych: Presented by the Ontario Psychological Association

S4E2: Lessons from an Early Career Therapist with Dr. Dana Ménard

Ontario Psychological Association Season 4 Episode 2

Dr. Dana Ménard is an assistant professor of clinical psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Windsor. She obtained her PhD from the University of Ottawa in 2013 after completing her pre-doctoral internship and the London Health Sciences Centre. Her PhD dissertation was published as a book, Magnificent sex: Lessons from extraordinary lovers, which won the 2021 consumer choice book award for the Society for Sex Therapy and Research and has been profiled in the New York Times, Psychology Today, and The Guardian. Her latest book, published October 2024 from Routledge, is entitled Lessons from an early career therapist: Managing mistakes, missteps, and other minor disasters. Her current research interests include sexual wellbeing and resilience, with a special focus on groups that have been marginalized or minoritized. Her research work has been funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Outside of research, she enjoys running, yoga, reading, and baking.

 

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