As 2026 begins, it is time for our traditional assessment of our Society’s health. The reviews conducted in 2024 and 2025 highlighted encouraging signs of growth across many areas, while also underlining several challenges. Let us now see how these indicators evolved during 2025.
As you know, we at the Public Relations and Communications Committee feel a deep love for our community. Each year, we hope to ensure that every one of you feels considered and that outsiders feel welcome. Once again this year, we will use ten health markers to illustrate our strengths and vulnerabilities, so that their continued monitoring becomes a shared concern.
Do all members feel included and engages?
Are we attracting new members?
Are we fulfilling our mission?
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Mathieu Norton-Poulin, M.Ps.
Mathieu Norton-Poulin is a psychologist in private practice in Gatineau, Québec. He graduated from Laval University in 1995 and started his training in transference focused psychotherapy in 2005. Member of the TFP-Québec group he as been practicing as a certified TFP therapist for the last 11 years. Since 2009 he organized several training events and has given lectures on TFP for medical doctors and college students. He maintains a blog where he write, in plain words, articles to explain TFP to the general public.