Jennifer Hains Author

Josée Savard, PhD, is a psychologist and full professor in the School of Psychology at Université Laval and a researcher at the CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center. Her research interests are centered on the psychological aspects of cancer, more particularly insomnia, depression, and fear of cancer recurrence. She has published in French a book for the wider public (Faire face au cancer avec la pensée réaliste [Facing cancer with realistic thinking], Flammarion Quebec) of which some of the content was adapted for this book. In 2020, she also co-edited the Handbook of Sleep Disorders in Medical Conditions (Elsevier), which was awarded the PROSE award of the Association of American Publishers for the best handbook in medicine and clinical science.

Aude Caplette-Gingras, PhD, is a psychologist and a scientist-practitioner specialized in psycho-oncology. She is also in charge of professional practices development in psychology at the CHU de Québec-Université Laval. She works at the breast cancer clinic of the CHU de Québec-Université Laval (Hôpital du St-Sacrement). She has accumulated 13 years of experience using CBT in this population for a wide range of psychological problems, including fear of cancer recurrence. She also trains psychology interns in psycho-oncology. 

Lucie Casault, PhD, is a psychologist specialized in oncology. She is head of the Department of Multidisciplinary Services at the CHU de Québec-Université Laval (CHUL) and has practiced CBT among cancer patients and supervised psychology interns in psycho-oncology for 20 years.

Jennifer Hains, D.Ps. is a psychologist specialized in psycho-oncology. She worked at the breast cancer clinic of the CHU de Québec-Université Laval (Hôpital du St-Sacrement) and now works at L’Hotel-Dieu-de-Quebec part of the CHU de Québec-Université Laval with patients who have different types of cancers. She has provided psychological services to cancer patients using CBT for 5 years.