Our professionals
Fortitude Centre is a nature-based psychological care centre dedicated to promoting mental well-being through holistic approaches. We offer psychological assessments and psychotherapy sessions, with a focus on psychology, psychoeducation, and occupational therapy in mental health. Our centre provides personalized support as well as workshops designed to strengthen psychological skills and resources.
Dr. Louis Freyd, PhD/PsyD, MBA
Psychologist and Director of the Center
Louis Freyd has been a clinical psychologist for over 20 years and has worked in private practice with adults and couples experiencing psychological difficulties. He has also practiced psychotherapy for children and adolescents, as well as for families, primarily within the public health system, but also in private clinics.
After a double doctorate in psychology and a master's degree in business administration, he provided psychological help to people suffering from depression, anxiety, lack of self-esteem and self-confidence, burnout, consequences of physical and sexual assault, attention deficit with or without hyperactivity, post-traumatic stress disorder, questions about career changes, bullying, relationship problems, obsessive-compulsive disorder and panic attacks.
Jonathan Tremblay M.Ed.
Psychoeducator
Jonathan Tremblay est psychoéducateur et il œuvre dans le milieu de l’intervention depuis plus de 30 ans. Il a vécu la majeure partie de sa carrière en milieu scolaire en intervention auprès des élèves en difficultés. Il a aussi œuvré en milieu communautaire auprès des enfants et des familles.
Diplômé en éducation spécialisée et en psychoéducation, il a enseigné ces deux disciplines au niveau collégial et au niveau universitaire. Actuellement conseiller pédagogique, il exerce un rôle conseil auprès des équipes classes en adaptation scolaire. Il exerce aussi en pratique autonome auprès d’adolescents et d’adultes en difficultés d’adaptation. Tout au long de son parcours, la relation avec la personne aidée à toujours été au cœur de ses préoccupations, tant au niveau de l’intervention, de la formation que de la recherche.
Edelgard Dussault M.Ed.
Psychologue
Edelgard Dussault has been a clinical psychologist for over twenty years. She practices psychotherapy with people struggling with psychological difficulties such as depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, grief, medical assistance in dying, degenerative diseases, lack of self-esteem, cancer, romantic separations and divorces, aging, palliative care and suicidal thoughts.
With a humanistic approach, she is known for her empathy, listening skills, and encouragement of clients going through difficult life stages. Through her career as a psychologist, and previously as a nurse working with youth, she has been able to help a diverse clientele and develop a deep understanding of human beings throughout their life development.