Dr. Champaigne, is a Clinical Psychologist who has extensive clinical training and experience providing assessment and treatment for brain injury, rehabilitation, mindfulness and sleep therapies for adults, children and youth, since 1980. She has worked in a range of settings including hospital, out-patient mental health clinics, elementary, secondary and post-secondary schools as well as in private practice. Before becoming a psychologist she first worked for 2 years as a Child Care Worker with the Regional Children’s Psychiatric Center (RCPC) in-patient program of the Sudbury Algoma Hospital (SAH) with emotionally, socially and behaviourally disturbed children and adolescents in a milieu setting. Working under a neuropsychologist, she then trained as a Psychometrist assessing both children and adults before becoming the Psychometrist for the RCPC in-patient unit for another 4 years. Her clinical training then expanded to include the treatment of children and adolescents and their families using play therapy, individual and family therapy through the out-patient Child and Family Center English/Centre de l’enfant et de la famille for 9 years. She entered the doctorate program in Clinical Psychology at the University of Ottawa and worked part-time as an associate in a group private practice in Sudbury while completing the requirements of the doctorate. She earned her PhD in 2000 and completed requirements for registration as a Clinical Counselling Registered Psychologist with the Ontario College of Psychologists in 2002 (#3748). As a bilingual native of Sudbury, she had previously obtained a BA (Honors) degree in psychology from Laurentian University and a MA in Education and Supervision from Central Michigan University.

Dr. Champaigne and Dr. Klassen joined their private practices in 2002 offering full-time psychological and consultative services with a team in an active and diverse practice. Dr. Champaigne offers bilingual individual, couple and family based treatment services for a range of trauma, adjustment issues, health problems, learning, behavioural, emotional and relationship difficulties involving children, adolescents, adults, couples and families. The provision of learning disability assessments has been a keen interest of hers for over 30 years. She has also been working in the rehabilitation field providing clinical services to individuals of all ages with acquired brain injuries and adjustment difficulties following injury.

With the mounting evidence of the mind’s capacity to affect the body, the mind-body connection that defines many of the problems that people seek help for became a strong interest. Dr. Champaigne developed an understanding of learning and brain-based correlates and obtained extensive training and experience in biofeedback, neurofeedback and neurocognitive remediation as adjunct therapies. She is passionate about offering treatment that affords an alternative to the use of medications for problems associated with sleep, attention, anxiety, depression and trauma in both children and adults. She obtained levels 1 and 2 EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) certification in the early 1990s. She has sought extensive training in her fields of interest and practice. She is currently training in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) through the University of Massachusetts medical school. While Dr. Champaigne is trained in Interpersonal Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Emotion Focussed Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Family Systems Therapy, Behavioural Therapy, Biofeedback/Neurofeedback, and Hypnosis, she takes an eclectic approach as she views each person as unique whose needs do not fit into one particular model of treatment. She is also passionate about developing and maintaining a strong therapeutic alliance with her clients as they work together in resolving problems.

Over the years, she developed a very keen interest in treating all types of trauma and PTSD, which then led to treating military personnel in 2010. She has been recognized for her excellent work with the veteran community. She also has a passion for helping people recover from various losses they have suffered which led her to become certified as a Grief Recovery Specialist.

When Dr. Champaigne is not working, you can find her learning new things to share through cooking and entertaining with family and friends, travelling, reading, enjoying nature through kayaking, swimming, skiing, snowshoeing, and hiking, and also supporting the arts. She is married and the mother of three adult girls.

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Trish Perreault has been a leading Rehabilitation and Neurofeedback/Biofeedback Therapist with Champaigne Klassen since 2003.  Trish earned a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Psychology from Laurentian University. Since joining us she has gained extensive certification training, education and clinical experience in biofeedback and neurofeedback. She has specialization training in the Clinical Q procedure from Dr. Swingle in Vancouver, Phantom Limb Pain treatment (PLP) with Dr. Max Ortiz-Catalan, Heart Rate Variability (HRV) in Montreal, Quantitative EEG (QEEG) from the STENS Corporation in California. She received certification as an Interactive Metronome technician in Boston and she is certified to provide CogMed cognitive retraining. Trish is also very active in providing our Driving Desensitization, ABI Life Skills, and Cognitive Retraining services.

Trish is a dedicated therapist who has a keen ability to connect with her humour and deep sense of caring in guiding clients to improved health and wellness. She has expressed enjoying her work immensely and feels very fortunate to be part of the Champaigne Klassen family of caring individuals who always have the client’s best interests at heart.

Prior to joining our team, Trish gained a wealth of patience and training spent working for 15 years in the development service field with dually diagnosed adults. She has devoted many years to helping individuals in need.

Lise is a Rehabilitation Therapist, Neurofeedback/Biofeedback Therapist, and Behavioural Therapist who has been working with Champaigne Klassen since 2002 in a range of these roles. She completed the Child and Youth Worker program at Cambrian College and then continued her studies in psychology at Laurentian University.  She had worked at the Sudbury Algoma Hospital, Regional Psychiatric Centre as a Child Care Worker with adolescent youth in crisis for 10 years while concurrently working at the Association for Community Living as a supervisor of behavioural treatment homes for dually diagnosed adults.

Lise then started offering behavioural therapy to children, adolescents, and adults outside of the public sector. Under the supervision of psychologists, she expanded her clinical expertise to include learning biofeedback and neurofeedback therapy through an extensive range of education and training both in Canada and the United States. She has over 20 years of biofeedback and neurofeedback experience and training.

Lise offers progressive desensitization and exposure therapy to a range of situations that clients can feel anxious in such as, while driving, going into the community, returning to the work place following an injury or trauma, and various other situations. The treatment of children, teens and adults with Acquired Brain Injuries is very well suited to her skill set. She offers life skills training in their home and community. She brings positive energy, strong commitment and motivation, ability to work collaboratively and a real love of the complex challenges that clients experience following a brain injury.