Jo-Anne La Flèche

Clinical and Dance Psychologist

Jo-Anne La Flèche is a clinical and performance psychologist, with an MA in Dance and graduate studies in Somatics. Apart from her clinical practice, she gives dance-therapy workshops on self-esteem and embodiment to dancers and non-dancers.
She works as resident psychologist at L’École Supérieure de Ballet du Québec, a pre professional dance school based in Montréal: she teaches performance psychology to students and psycho-pedagogy to dance educators, and provides counseling to students in need. She gives workshops and lectures on performance psychology and dancer mental health to members of the Canadian dance community as well as abroad. She has written several articles and informational papers on dancer mental health issues. She is a psychology consultant for Dance Magazine and Dance Teacher Magazine.

Ms. La Flèche is a member of the Performing Arts Medicine Association (PAMA) and the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS). She takes part in the following working groups devoted to dancer health: IADMS Mental Health Advisory Group, Dance/USA Task Force on Dancer Health, Personal Safety for Dance (PSD) and Bridge Dance Project. She is a Board member and Past President (2021-2022) of Healthy Dancer Canada.