About

Patrick Franklin Woodtli is a clinical psychologist and holds a doctorate in psychology from the Université du Québec à Montréal. He is a member of the Ordre des psychologues du Québec. Initially trained in anthropology and philosophy, he practices in Montreal in private practice as well as within an outpatient psychiatric service.

His professional path was shaped through successive layers, marked by diverse professional and cultural experiences, before a committed engagement with clinical work gradually took form. A decisive experience in the field of international cooperation represented a turning point, leading him to return to academic training and to pursue doctoral studies in clinical psychology.

His doctoral research explores developmental processes underlying certain forms of identity vulnerability, particularly in the context of personality disorders and complex trauma. His clinical practice is grounded in a psychodynamic orientation with an integrative emphasis, attentive to the quality of the therapeutic relationship and to questions of subjectivity, meaning, temporality, and the relationship to others.

He works with adults, young adults, and older adults, in French and English, through in-person sessions or via telepsychology.

His clinical work is guided by sustained attention to what, in each person, seeks a form through which to be expressed, a rhythm through which to unfold, and a singular way of inhabiting relationships with others and with one’s own personal history.