Cynthia Bilodeau is a full professor at the Faculty of Education. A clinical psychologist registred in Ontario and Quebec, she has extensive experience in teaching, clinical supervision and academic leadership. Professor Bilodeau’s teaching and research focus on improving counselling and psychotherapy practice. This includes exploring skills development in training of professionals, particularly in clinical supervision settings, as well as psychosocial adaptation to change. Guided by positive psychology principles, she is currently involved in several federally-funded (SSHRC) projects. These initiatives aim to determine supervisory practices that favour wellness and professional skills, as well as studying Canadians’ psychosocial adaptation regarding climate change. In terms of pedagogy, Professor Bilodeau favours a transformative learning approach aimed at developing reflective practice and the safe and effective use of self among future clinicians, to build resiliency in the next generation. Engaging within the community, she works towards equitable access to mental health services, is dedicated to mentoring the next generation of researchers and clinicians, and makes a substantial contribution to advancing standards of practice and psychological wellness in the community.
Cynthia Bilodeau
Bilodeau, C., & Brien, A. (accepted). Clinical Supervision of Psychotherapists Across Canada. In N. Gazzola and D. Smith (eds.), In Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy in Canada. Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy association.
Brien, A., Bilodeau, C., & Bellehumeur, C. (2026). Relationship between character strengths, well-being and professional skills among trainees in the field of counselling and psychotherapy. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 1–13.
Gall, T. L., & Bilodeau, C. (2025). Hope and Optimism: Similar but Different in Their Association With Psychological Health. Canadian Journal of Counselling & Psychotherapy/Revue Canadienne de Counseling et de Psychothérapie, 59(1-4), 21.
Brien, A., Bilodeau, C., Savard, R., & Dionne, P. (2025). Examining the associations between reflexive self-awareness and self-compassion on early supervisory alliance development in Canadian counseling and psychotherapy trainees. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 19(4), 331–338.
Brien, A., Savard, R., Bilodeau, C., & Dionne, P. (2023). Exploring the Relationship Between the Supervisory Alliance and the Development of Reflexive Self-Awareness: A Mixed Methods Approach. Teaching and Supervision in Counselling, 5(2) 39-52.
Research interests
- Counselling and psychotherapy
- Professional skills development
- Psychosocial adaptation
- Transformative learning
- Positive psychology