Dr. Louise Aznavour Curriculum Vitae
English, French, Armenian, Turkish, Sign Language for the Deaf
1974 | Université de Montréal, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology |
1972 | Université de Montréal, Masters in Clinical Psychology |
1970 | Sir George Williams University (Concordia U.), Bachelors degree with honors in Psychology |
1989 and 1991 | Courses in Sign Language for the Deaf at Gallaudet University (the first University for the Deaf, Washington, D.C.) and courses at Mackay School for the Deaf, Montreal, Canada. |
2013 | Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) Member of The Association For Integrative Psychology |
1961-1965 | American College for Girls (Robert College) A.C.G. Alumni Award |
General Public: | Private Therapy – Consultation – Coaching |
Business Sector: | Individual Employee Coaching and Group Seminars – Workshops – Boot Camps |
International Projects: | Business Sector – General Public |
Continued Education Life Coaching Seminars

GOODBYE STRESS – HELLO SUCCESS
First things first. No book has a key to absolute success. There is no way to have a one true secret to being successful. You depend on other people and people depend on you. You yourself have the power to shine and rise to success…Invited Seminar Leader
British Council, Yerevan, Armenia
Subsidiaries of American and International Companies
in Yerevan, Armenia
Slavonic University
Yerevan, Armenia
American University of Armenia
Women’s Group: Coping Skills Building
Invited Seminar Leader
British Council, Yerevan, Armenia
Subsidiaries of American and International Companies
in Yerevan, Armenia
Slavonic University
Yerevan, Armenia
American University of Armenia
Women’s Group: Coping Skills Building
Bosphorus University (Previously Robert College)
Psychology Department, Istanbul, Turkey
Course Title: Personality
Optimism, Stress Management, Creativity
American University of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
Hokeban Group
American University of Armenia, Yerevan Armenia
Ste Anne’s Veterans’ Hospital
Ste Anne de Bellevue, Québec, Canada
Centre d’acceuil Le Chainon
Centre for Retarded Children and Adults. Montreal, Quebec, Canada
(Ongoing) visit my website: www.stayingupbeat.com, books, CDs, communications etc.
Becoming an Optimist: Prevention of Burnout in Health Care Professionals, WFMH World Congress, Dublin, Ireland. Louise Aznavour, Scientific Programme, 109, 1995
Optimism Knocks. Louise Aznavour, Maureen Stafford, Michael Perreault. Training and Development, 10, 1994
Professional Caretakers Learn Selective Optimism as an Antidote to Burnout. Louise Aznavour, Maureen Stafford. IV WARP Congress, Book of Abstracts, 73, 1993.
Study presented at IVth Congress of World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Dublin, Ireland, 26-29 September
Soignez Vos Phobies. Reader’s Digest, 81-84, 1985 (Article by Madelaine Roy based on interviews including Louise Aznavour)
The Comparative Effectiveness of Relaxation and Modeling of Self-Instructions in the Treatment of Stuttering. Louise Aznavour. 1982. (Draft of a research study)
Treatment of Stuttering by Relaxation, Self-Instructions and Modeling: A Behavioral Treatment Package. Louise Aznavour, Zahid Wasti, Paul Klodnisky.1980 (Research study prepared in collaboration with McGill University Psychology students
Effects of Volume and Caloric Preloading on Short Term Metabolic Cueing in the Obese. Louise Aznavour, Walter Watts.1976.
Research Study done with Dr. Walter Watts, concurrently a professor at University of New Brunswick and doing an internship at Behavior Therapy Unit, Douglas Hospital Center
Marathon Groups: One Session Behavioral Package for the Overweight. Louise Aznavour.1975.(Group therapy offered and data gathered to prepare and propose a model for future treatments, teaching and conferences for the university and hospital settings)
Effectiveness of Supplied Mediators in Relation to Presentation Modality and Retrieval Cue.Tannis Y. Arbuckle, Louise Aznavour. J. Experimental Psychology, 1973, 98, 286-290.
Self-Regulation. The Concept Its Objectives and Methods. (Masters Thesis, 1972)
Comparison of Different Methods of Self-Control in Tolerance of Noxious Stimulation. (Doctoral Thesis, 1974)
This study, based on experimental research protocol, gave promising results reaching statistical significance. A copy of this experimental research can be obtained from the archives of Université de Montréal.
Selective Optimism
The Power of Humor
Wellness Training
Mind/Body Connection (Psychoneuroimmunology)
Social Skills Deficits
Obesity/Food related disorders/Body Image

de l’Ordre des psychologues du Quèbec
= Professional Corporation of Psychologists in Quebec =

The Association For Integrative Psychology