Dr. Martin Drapeau, Chair (CFI) and Director of Research

Professor Drapeau, M.Ps., Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, is an Associate Professor of Counselling Psychology and of Psychiatry at McGill University, and a Researcher affiliated with the Qualaxia Network, the RENARD Group and the International Center for Comparative Criminology of the University of Montreal. He is the Program Director of McGill’s Counselling Psychology program and a former Project Director at the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research and FRSQ Research Scholar. He is also appointed as Adjunct Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Sherbrooke. He is involved in or leads a number of research projects and has published in the area of psychotherapy process and of psychopathology. Prof. Drapeau is a former vice president of the Order (College) of Psychologists of Quebec (OPQ) and member of its executive committee and Board of Directors. He served as the Quebec representative on the American Psychological Association Council of Representatives and chaired the Clinical Division of the Canadian Psychological Association. Prof. Drapeau is a former Editor in Chief of Canadian Psychology, the flagship journal of the Canadian Psychological Association, and founding editor of Science and Practice, and is on the editorial board of a number of other journals. He is also the cofounder of Medipsy Psychological Services.

Dr. Marilyn Fitzpatrick, Professor Emerita

Professor Fitzpatrick, Ph.D. Counselling Psychology, is a Professor Emerita of Counselling Psychology and former Director of Training of the Counselling Psychology graduate program at McGill University. She is also an associate of the Argyle Institute of Human Relations. Her research has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Fonds de Recherche Sur La Société et La Culture du Québec (FQRSC). She taught and supervised masters level and doctoral students in the counselling psychology program and published in the area of psychotherapy processes. Dr. Fitzpatrick is also the cofounder of Medipsy Psychological Services, a psychology clinic located in Montreal. Dr. Fitzpatrick is a professor emerita; while she has retired from McGill and no longer accepts new students, she provides services as a psychologist and supervises interns at Medipsy Psychological Services, and contributes to different projects of the MPPRG. .