Isabelle Henault

Dr Isabelle Hénault is a sexologist, psychologist and director of the

Clinique Autisme & Asperger de Montréal, Canada. She obtained a

Master’s in Sexology and a Doctorate in Psychology from the Uni

versité du Québec à Montréal. She consults privately (for individuals,

couples and families) and acts as a consultant to schools and organiza

tions. Her services also include diagnostic assessment. Isabelle gained

her expertise working with people with Asperger’s, especially in the

domains of interpersonal relationships and sexuality. The author of a

tailored socio-sexual programme, she has also collaborated on inter

national research on sex education and psychotherapy for autistic

people. She worked for more than two and a half years in Professor

Attwood’s clinic in Australia.

Isabelle is collaborating with Actions pour l’autisme Asperger in

France. In 2005, she published Le syndrome Asperger et la sexualité: De

la puberté à l’âge adulte [Asperger’s Syndrome and Sexuality] (Chenelière

Éducation), and is co-author of The Autism Spectrum, Sexuality and the

Law: What Every Parent and Professional Needs to Know (Attwood, Hénault

and Dubin 2014), published with Jessica Kingsley Publishers. She has

also written several chapters in books on autism in Europe, the United

States and Canada, and gives conference papers on these subjects as

well as participating in international colloquia.