Gabrielle "Gaby" Clerk (born Gabrielle Brunet; 30 June 1923[1] – 18 December 2012)[2] was a Canadian psychologist and professor of psychology at the Université de Montréal. She was one of the first psychoanalysts in Canada.
Gabrielle Clerk | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gabrielle Brunet 30 June 1923 |
| Died | 18 December 2012 (aged 89) Cowansville, Quebec, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | Ph.D. |
| Alma mater | Université de Montréal |
| Occupation(s) | Psychoanalyst and psychologist, professor |
| Employer | Université de Montréal |
| Title | Professor emeritus |
| Spouse | Marc Clerk |
Biography
editIn 1940, Gabrielle Brunet enrolled at the Université de Montréal's Institute of Psychology, which had just been founded by Father Noël Mailloux. She was part of the first class of six students along with André Lussier and Thérèse Gouin-Décarie.[2][3][4]
After obtaining a licence in psychology in 1948 from the Faculty of Philosophy at the Université de Montréal, she was entrusted with teaching duties[3] as a part-time associate professor at the Department of Psychology.[1]
In 1953, she obtained her doctorate and became the first holder of clinical psychoanalytical credentials in the Department of Psychology. She was at the origin of the department's consultation service, establishment of internships and supervising master's and Ph.D. students.[3]
Clerk gained a specialization in psychoanalysis of adults and children and became a full-time professor in 1960.[1] She was the first woman of French-Canadian and Quebec descent to graduate from the Canadian Institute of Psychoanalysis[2][3] in 1968. She consulted at Montreal Children's Hospital and participated on many provincial and national committees and commissions.[1]
She died in Cowansville, Quebec, aged 89.
Awards and honours
editHer exceptional academic qualities were recognized in 1987 by obtaining the status of professor emeritus and obtaining the annual Merit of the Order of Psychologists.[3]
Bibliography
edit- Clerk, Gabrielle (1953). De la validité de la méthode de projection Rorschach comme moyen de pronostic psychothérapeutique [The validity of the Rorschach projection method as a means of psychotherapeutic prognosis] (in French). Montreal.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Clerk, Gabrielle (1977). "Object relations and attachment. Implications on the transference in the treatment of adolescents". Contemp Psychoanal. 13: 469–482. doi:10.1080/00107530.1977.10745510.
- Clerk, Gabrielle (1980). Le couple parental et le développement psycho-sexuel de l'enfant (in French). University of Montreal Press. pp. 99–118.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - Clerk, Gabrielle (1994). "La féminisation de la psychologie". Enjeux Scientifiques et Professionnels (in French). 15 (1). RQP: 27–53.
- Clerk, Gabrielle (1995). "Psychanalyse et vieillesse". Canadian J Psychoanal (in French). 3: 71–86.
- Clerk, Gabrielle (2000). "Cinquante ans (1945–1995) de pratique analytique avec des enfants". Réflexions et questionnements (in French). 9 (2). Filigrane.
- Clerk, Gabrielle (2001). "Psychanalyse de l'enfant et de l'adolescent à la Société canadienne de psychanalyse: Historique, questions, réflexions" (in French). 10 (1). Filigrane.
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References
edit- ^ a b c d "Fonds Gabrielle Clerk – 1933–2004" (in French). University of Montreal. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ a b c David, Hélène (13 March 2013). "Hommage à une femme, psychologue et psychanalyste" [Tribute to a woman, psychologist and psychoanalyst]. Psychologie Québec (in French). l'Ordre des psychologues du Québec. p. 19. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "UdM Les fêtes du 125e Nos pionnières et nos pionniers, Gabrielle Clerk" [UdM The 125th Anniversary Our pioneers, Gabrielle Clerk] (in French). University of Montreal. 17 July 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ Hubert van Gijseghem (2001). "Historique du programme de formation à la psychothérapie psychanalytique du Centre d'Orientation et réflexions sur la psychanalyse" [History of the psychoanalytic psychotherapy training program of the Orientation Centre and reflections on psychoanalysis] (PDF) (in French). Filigrane. pp. 102–111. Retrieved 16 November 2017.