Qualifications/ Training
I am a Psychologist with a background in both Clinical Psychology and research in Cognitive Neuroscience, trained at McGill University (Montreal, Canada) and at l’Université Paris 5 and l’Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris.

I have worked and been trained in several Parisian hospitals (Sainte Anne, Corentin Celton, Louis Mourier) and have been in practice since 2007.

I am a member of the Association Française de Therapie Comportementale et Cognitive (AFTCC) and the European Society for Trauma and Dissociation (ESTD).

Type of Therapy
I am specialized in brief Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT). These therapies have been studied and evaluated over time and have proven their efficacy for a wide-range of psychological and social problems. Treatment tends to be rather short-term (a few months to one or two years depending on the problem(s)) and improvement can generally be noted after only a few sessions. Therapy is interactive and based on collaboration between therapist and client. I also use other approaches stemming from CBT such as Schema Therapy, Mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

Two important characteristics of CBT:
1) Modification of Behaviours, Thoughts and Emotions related to the psychological problem
2) Therapy is practical and based on the “here and now”

Types of Problems Treated (in Adults)

• Stress

• Anxiety

• Phobia

• Depression

• Trauma and PTSD (I am sub-specialized in this area)

• Cultural Adaptation Issues (culture-shock for expatriates)

• Adjustment/ Phase of Life problems

• Relationship difficulties

Languages: English, French and Spanish

To make an appointment:
Please contact me by phone 06 42 06 01 40 or by email valvenpsy@yahoo.fr

Offices: I can see clients in the 15th arrondissement, near to La Motte Piquet-Grenelle (subway lines 6, 8 and 10) & Dupleix (line 6), and in the 20th arrondissement, close to Belleville and Pyrenees subway stations (lines 2 and 11)

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I am also a freelance psychology journalist. Here are some articles relating to various clinical topics.

« Ingrid Betancourt libérée. Regard d'un psychiatre »
http://www.scienceshumaines.com/index.php?lg=fr&id_article=22450
« Patients dangereux au quotidien. »
http://le-cercle-psy.scienceshumaines.com/patients-dangereux-au-quotidien-rencontre-avec-jean-luc-senninger_sh_24786
« Faire le ménage, c'est bon pour le moral ! »
http://www.scienceshumaines.com/index.php?lg=fr&id_article=23174
« Les jeux vidéos : un vaccin contre le trauma ? »
http://www.scienceshumaines.com/index.php?lg=fr&id_article=23513
« Psychologie des satanistes »
http://www.scienceshumaines.com/index.php?lg=fr&id_article=24041
« Psychologie positive : La science de ce qui va bien »
http://www.scienceshumaines.com/index.php?lg=fr&id_article=24060
« Le soleil, bon pour l’intelligence ? »
http://le-cercle-psy.scienceshumaines.com/le-soleil-2c-bon-pour-l--2339intelligence-_sh_24159
« Comment le trauma transforme le psychologue »
http://le-cercle-psy.scienceshumaines.com/rosemarie-bourgault--comment-le-trauma-des-patients-transforme-le-_sh_24321
« La thérapie ACT : Lutter moins pour avancer plus »
http://le-cercle-psy.scienceshumaines.com/la-therapie-act----lutter-moins-pour-avancer-plus---rencontre-_sh_24318
« La thérapie comportementale dialectique, nouvel outil pour troubles de la personnalité »
http://le-cercle-psy.scienceshumaines.com/dominique-page--la-therapie-comportementale-dialectique-2c-nouvel-_sh_24664
« Le burn-out, nouveau fléau social »
http://le-cercle-psy.scienceshumaines.com/abdel-halim-boudoukha--le-burn-out-2c-nouveau-fleau-social_sh_24781
« Qu’est-ce que la dépendance affective ? »
http://le-cercle-psy.scienceshumaines.com/virginie-meggle--qu-est-ce-que-la-dependance-affective-_sh_25158