Annie Bellavance

Since 2016, Dre Bellavance has developed expertise in health psychology as well as in sports and performance psychology. She is particularly interested in the unique reality of athletes who have to deal with multiple stress factors that impact their mental health and success in their sport. Her practice is two-fold; it focuses on mental preparation with athletes competing at various levels (high school, university, private practice) and also covers the psychological challenges linked to practicing sports in highly competitive environments (depression, anxiety, injuries, concussions, transition into retirement, eating disorders). Dre Bellavance also works with patients wishing to cultivate healthy habits because of personal or health-related motivations. In 2022, she developed a graduate course in sports psychology for the performance optimization microprogram that she has been teaching since.