Team
Director
Noémie Bigras (she/her)
Noémie Bigras is Associate Professor in the Psychoeducation and Psychology Department at Université du Québec en Outaouais and is the director of the Relationships, Sexuality and Trauma Research Lab (Reset). She completed a Master in Sexology (Research-Intervention profile and a Ph.D in Psychology at UQAM. She did a postdoctoral fellowship at Université de Montréal. She is a registered psychologist at l’Ordre des psychologues du Québec and offers individual and couples therapy. Her research focuses on the effects of distal factors like childhood interpersonal traumas and proximal, like affection or communication, on couples sexual wellbeing daily and over time. She is also interested in documenting changes in couples’ aging trajectories, including sexuality.
Graduate student
Naomi Cadieux
Naomi (she/her) holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology (B. Sc.) from the Université de Montréal. She is a Doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology, clinical option (PsyD) at Université du Québec en Outaouais since September 2023, under the supervision of Dr. Noémie Bigras, Ph.D. Her research interests include couple psychology, specifically the impacts of interpersonal traumas on relationship functioning and couples’ sexual well-being.
Graduate student
Lydia Pedneault
Lydia (she/her) completed her bachelor’s degree in psychology at Université de Montréal. She is currently a Master’s student in Psychology at Université de Montréal under the supervision of Dr. Sophie Bergeron (UdeM) and Dr. Noémie Bigras (Université du Québec en Outaouais). She has been a research assistant in the Reset research laboratory since summer 2023. Her research interests include relational variables such as attachment and spousal support, but also sexuality-related variables such as sexual communication and sexual satisfaction.
Research assistant
Lély-Rose Laurin
Lély-Rose (she/her) holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Ottawa. She is currently completing her master’s degree in counseling psychology at the University of Ottawa. She has been a Reset research assistant since fall 2023. Lély-Rose is interested in diversity and the marital and sexual well-being of couples. She is proud to be part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
Research assistant
Fabiola Ngamaleu Teumeni
Fabiola (she/her) is a first–year undergraduate student in psychology at the Université de Montréal. She has been a research assistant in Dr. Bigras‘ Relationships, Sexuality, and Trauma Laboratory since November 2023. Wishing to pursue her doctoral studies in clinical psychology, her primary research interests revolve around the well-being of seniors in the realms of sexuality and relationships.
Research assistant
Luc-Stéphane Banackissa
Luc (he/him) obtained his bachelor’s degree in psychology from the Université de Montréal in May of 2023. He has been a research assistant at Reset Laboratory since November 2023. Luc’s research interests include identity, attachment, couple dynamics and traumas. He intends to pursue his doctoral studies in clinical psychology.
Collaborators
Sophie Bergeron
Professeure au département de psychologie de
l’Université de Montréal
Marie-Ève Daspe
Ph.D. Professeure agrégée, Département de psychologie,
Université de Montréal
Caroline Dugal
Ph.D., Professeure adjointe/ Professor, Département de psychologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Natacha Godbout
Ph.D., Professeure au département de sexologie de l’Université du Québec à Montréal
Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel
Ph.D., Professeure agrégée, Département de psychologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières