Clinicians
Therapists
Creative arts therapy and mental health professionals accompany Centre members.
Loraine Alvarado
Clinical Coordinator, Drama Therapist and Dance/Movement Therapist in training (she/her)
Drama therapy · Dance/movement · Clinical coordination
Loraine holds a master’s degree in Creative Arts Therapies, specializing in drama therapy, from Concordia University (2022). She serves the Centre as Clinical Coordinator, Drama Therapist, and Dance/Movement Therapist in training. Loraine uses a humanistic approach with body awar…
Marie Deaudelin
Executive Director and Drama Therapist (she/her)
Leadership · Drama therapy
Marie Deaudelin, MA holds a Bachelor’s degree in Drama Education (2010), and a Master’s degree in Drama Therapy from Concordia University in Montreal (2018). For more than 18 years, Marie Deaudelin has been performing arts intervention with children, adolescents and adults. She h…
Erika Guittard
Music Therapist (she/her)
Music therapy
Erika Guittard, MPsych Soc, MMus, MTA, holds a master’s in Social Psychology from Université Paris 8 (2011), a graduate certificate in music therapy from Concordia University (2016), and a master’s in Music Therapy from Concordia. After her social psychology degree she combined h…
Magali Henry
Social Worker and Art Therapist (she/her)
Art therapy · Sexual abuse · Social work
Magali Henry, B.A., BSW., M.A., holds a BFA (2002) from Concordia University, a BSW (2005) from McGill University, and an MA in Art Therapy from Concordia (2016). She has worked primarily in mental health as a social worker and art therapist with diverse populations in community…
Ariane Lavery
Drama Therapist (she/her)
Drama therapy
Ariane Lavery, M.A., holds a B.A. in dramatic arts from UQAM’s École supérieure de théâtre (2012), a certificate in psychology from UQAM (2018), and an M.A. in drama therapy from Concordia University (2022). Her clinical training included adult mental health in an art therapy cen…
Julia L. Olivier
Art Therapist and Psychotherapist (she/her)
Art therapy · Psychotherapy
Julia L. Olivier, M.A., ATPQ, A.T.R., received her B.Ed. in visual arts teaching (1986) and M.A. in art therapy (1992) from Concordia University. She has worked as an art teacher and as an art therapist in hospitals, CLSCs and community centres with adults and elders facing psych…
Jennifer Wiley-Vallerand
Art Therapist (she/her)
Art therapy
Jennifer Wiley-Vallerand, M.A. ATPQ, earned a double major in fine arts and psychology at the University of Alberta (2010) and an M.A. in art therapy at Concordia University (2021). She has extensive experience with neurodiverse clients in private and school settings and uses a c…