Dr. Ménard obtained her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Ottawa in 2013, after completing her internship at the London Health Sciences Centre. As a clinician, she has worked at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, the Ottawa Hospital, the University of Western Ontario, and Detroit Receiving Hospital, among others. With Dr. Peggy Kleinplatz, she is the co-author of Magnificent sex: Lessons from extraordinary lovers. She recently published a memoir/instructional manual based on her early years as a clinical psychologist called Lessons from an early career therapist: Managing mistakes, missteps, and other minor disasters.
Dr. Ménard’s current research interests center on wellbeing and resilience as they relate to sex, sexuality, and gender identity. Her work has received grant funding from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and the Social Science and Humanities Research Council. Please see her website for more details about current active research projects.
When she is not professing, Dr. Ménard enjoys running, yoga, knitting, reading, playing guitar and trying to rehabilitate her rescue border collie. In addition to her PhD, she received accreditation as a sommelier from Algonquin College in 2012.