{"id":6032,"date":"2022-05-05T10:03:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T14:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/consultants\/denise-medico-ph\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T20:35:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T00:35:42","slug":"denise-medico-ph","status":"publish","type":"consultants","link":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/consultants\/denise-medico-ph\/","title":{"rendered":"Denise Medico, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Denise Medico (she, el) is a professor at the Department of Sexology at UQAM, a clinical psychologist and sexologist. She conducts research on the needs of trans people, on improving mental health and sexual health support. Trained in various psychotherapeutic approaches, she eventually adopted an integrative, relational and affirmative perspective which she uses in her work with clients in individual, couple and family therapy.<\/p>\n\n<p>Elle a travaill\u00e9 15 ans en Suisse comme clinicienne, formatrice et chercheure dans le domaine de la sexualit\u00e9 et aupr\u00e8s de personnes trans. Tr\u00e8s impliqu\u00e9e dans le d\u00e9veloppement des ressources et la d\u00e9fense des droits des personnes trans, elle y a co-fond\u00e9 une ONG, la\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/agnodice.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fondation Agnodice<\/a> qui \u0153uvre pour le d\u00e9veloppement des ressources pour les jeunes trans et leur famille. Elle a aussi r\u00e9cemment co-fond\u00e9 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centre3.ch\/\">Centre 3<\/a>, un centre de formation et de psychoth\u00e9rapie f\u00e9ministe inclusif. Elle est membre du conseil scientifique de\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/worldsexualhealth.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">l\u2019Association mondiale de sant\u00e9 sexuelle<\/a>\u00a0(WAS) et de la Chaire de recherche du Canada sur les jeunes trans et leur famille.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2882,"template":"","class_list":["post-6032","consultants","type-consultants","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Denise Medico, Ph.D. | The Institute for Trans Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Professor in the Department of Sexology at UQAM, clinical psychologist and sexologist. Trained in various psychotherapeutic approaches, she eventually adopted an integrative, relational and affirmative perspective which she uses in her work with clients in individual, couple and family therapy.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/consultants\/denise-medico-ph\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Denise Medico, Ph.D. | The Institute for Trans Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Professor in the Department of Sexology at UQAM, clinical psychologist and sexologist. Trained in various psychotherapeutic approaches, she eventually adopted an integrative, relational and affirmative perspective which she uses in her work with clients in individual, couple and family therapy.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/consultants\/denise-medico-ph\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Institute for Trans Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ismh.isms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-25T00:35:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/denise-medico.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/santetranshealth.com\\\/en\\\/consultants\\\/denise-medico-ph\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/santetranshealth.com\\\/en\\\/consultants\\\/denise-medico-ph\\\/\",\"name\":\"Denise Medico, Ph.D. | The Institute for Trans Health\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/santetranshealth.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/santetranshealth.com\\\/en\\\/consultants\\\/denise-medico-ph\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/santetranshealth.com\\\/en\\\/consultants\\\/denise-medico-ph\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/santetranshealth.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/denise-medico.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-05T14:03:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-25T00:35:42+00:00\",\"description\":\"Professor in the Department of Sexology at UQAM, clinical psychologist and sexologist. Trained in various psychotherapeutic approaches, she eventually adopted an integrative, relational and affirmative perspective which she uses in her work with clients in individual, couple and family therapy.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/santetranshealth.com\\\/en\\\/consultants\\\/denise-medico-ph\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/santetranshealth.com\\\/en\\\/consultants\\\/denise-medico-ph\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/santetranshealth.com\\\/en\\\/consultants\\\/denise-medico-ph\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/santetranshealth.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/denise-medico.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/santetranshealth.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/denise-medico.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Denise Medico\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/santetranshealth.com\\\/en\\\/consultants\\\/denise-medico-ph\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/santetranshealth.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Consultants\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/santetranshealth.com\\\/en\\\/consultants\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Denise Medico, Ph.D.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/santetranshealth.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/santetranshealth.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Institute for Trans Health\",\"description\":\"Training, consultation, and clinical supervision for health professionals, educators and employers who serve gender diverse children, youth and adults.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/santetranshealth.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/santetranshealth.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/santetranshealth.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"L'institut pour la sant\u00e9 trans\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/santetranshealth.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/santetranshealth.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/santetranshealth.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/logo-learndash.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/santetranshealth.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/logo-learndash.png\",\"width\":304,\"height\":122,\"caption\":\"L'institut pour la sant\u00e9 trans\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/santetranshealth.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ismh.isms\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Denise Medico, Ph.D. | The Institute for Trans Health","description":"Professor in the Department of Sexology at UQAM, clinical psychologist and sexologist. Trained in various psychotherapeutic approaches, she eventually adopted an integrative, relational and affirmative perspective which she uses in her work with clients in individual, couple and family therapy.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/consultants\/denise-medico-ph\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Denise Medico, Ph.D. | The Institute for Trans Health","og_description":"Professor in the Department of Sexology at UQAM, clinical psychologist and sexologist. Trained in various psychotherapeutic approaches, she eventually adopted an integrative, relational and affirmative perspective which she uses in her work with clients in individual, couple and family therapy.","og_url":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/consultants\/denise-medico-ph\/","og_site_name":"The Institute for Trans Health","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ismh.isms","article_modified_time":"2025-08-25T00:35:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/denise-medico.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/consultants\/denise-medico-ph\/","url":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/consultants\/denise-medico-ph\/","name":"Denise Medico, Ph.D. | The Institute for Trans Health","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/consultants\/denise-medico-ph\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/consultants\/denise-medico-ph\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/denise-medico.jpg","datePublished":"2022-05-05T14:03:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-25T00:35:42+00:00","description":"Professor in the Department of Sexology at UQAM, clinical psychologist and sexologist. Trained in various psychotherapeutic approaches, she eventually adopted an integrative, relational and affirmative perspective which she uses in her work with clients in individual, couple and family therapy.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/consultants\/denise-medico-ph\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/consultants\/denise-medico-ph\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/consultants\/denise-medico-ph\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/denise-medico.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/denise-medico.jpg","width":800,"height":800,"caption":"Denise Medico"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/consultants\/denise-medico-ph\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Consultants","item":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/consultants\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Denise Medico, Ph.D."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/","name":"The Institute for Trans Health","description":"Training, consultation, and clinical supervision for health professionals, educators and employers who serve gender diverse children, youth and adults.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/#organization","name":"L'institut pour la sant\u00e9 trans","url":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/logo-learndash.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/logo-learndash.png","width":304,"height":122,"caption":"L'institut pour la sant\u00e9 trans"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ismh.isms"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/consultants\/6032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/consultants"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/consultants"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/consultants\/6032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10297,"href":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/consultants\/6032\/revisions\/10297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/santetranshealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}