About Us

Terry Lynn Gall, Ph. D.

is an associate professor with the Faculty of Human Sciences at Saint Paul University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Terry is a professor and trainer in the Master’s program in Pastoral Counselling. In addition to teaching courses on research methodology and professional standards and ethics in counselling, she is involved in the training of fundamental counselling skills and attitudes to first year M. A. students. Terry is actively engaged in research on the issue of spirituality and health. She focuses on the role that various spiritual factors (e.g., hope) play in an individual’s adjustment to illness and other life stressors such as childhood trauma.

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Manal Guirguis Younger, Ph. D.

is an associate professor with the Faculty of Human Sciences at Saint Paul University. Manal is the Director of the Pastoral Studies program. In addition she is a professor and trainer in the M.A. program in Pastoral Counselling. Specifically, she trains students in basic counselling skills during the first year practicum. Manal’s primary areas of research are palliative care and homelessness. She specializes in issues related to death and dying in the context of homelessness and poverty. As well, her research involves developing and evaluating alternative models of care delivery to populations with special needs.

Judith Malette, Ph.D.,

is an associate professor with the Faculty of Human Sciences at Saint Paul University. Further, Judith is a clinical psychologist and has her own private practice. She is a professor and trainer in the M.A. program of Pastoral Counselling and teaches fundamental and advanced counselling skills to first year and second year French students, respectively. She has also taught theoretical courses such as “Theories of Counselling”. Judith conducts qualitative research on the spiritual dimensions of Life Review. So far, she has carried out research with the elderly and with individuals in their forties. She has also studied the relationship between the images of God and the images of the self. Finally, she is part of a team of researchers investigating the relationship between personality styles and learning styles.


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