BIOGRAPHY

Dominique Stassart received her first degree in Social Work at the Institut Social de Communication et Formation Sociale in Brussels in 1978.

She worked in Brussels, Paris, and Grenoble for 10 years as an advocate for patients, families and children in a public hospital, at the juvenile court, in private agencies, and as a street worker in a substance abuse neighborhood. It is in Europe that Stassart developed her interest for the work of Dr. Francoise Dolto and Dr. Jacques Lacan.

Dominique Stassart received her Master's degree in Clinical Social Work from Boston University. She received her clinical training at the Cambridge Health Alliance, Outpatient Department of Psychiatry. After her graduation, Stassart pursued her clinical training as a fellow in the Program for Psychotherapy at the Cambridge Health Alliance. She earned her Massachusetts professional license.

During her training at the Cambridge Health Alliance, Dominique Stassart participated in seminars on learning disabilities and developmental disorders, and on Trauma and Violence. For several years, she was a member of a multidisciplinary seminar addressing the meaning of psychotherapy, with clinicians, philosophers, and artists. She was a member of the Lacanian training seminar at L'Ecole Freudienne de Quebec. Stassart worked at The Family Center, where she received her training in Couples and Family therapy. She is a member of the clinical reading seminar of The Boston Circle, affiliated with the Groupe interdisciplinaire freudien de recherche et d'intervention clinique et culturelle.