Title: Graduate Student

Previous Degrees/Licensing/Training Obtained:

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (Honours), Mount Saint Vincent University

Biography:

Megan is a fourth year Graduate Student in Clinical Psychology at UNB. She received her Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree at Mount Saint Vincent University in 2017, after which she worked as a research coordinator at the Couples and Sexual Health Lab at Dalhousie University for three years. Megan’s research interests include the sexual health and well-being of individuals, couples, and members of the queer community. Clinically, she has experience working with a range of clinical conditions such as anxiety, depression, OCD, and trauma/stress related disorders. Megan is currently working on her doctoral dissertation, which focuses on both client and therapist’s willingness/comfort discussing queer sex in therapy. In the future, Megan hopes to work as a full-time couples and sex therapist with a specific focus on the queer population in New Brunswick.

Select publications:

Muise, M. D., Bockaj, A., O’Sullivan, L. F., & Ronis, S. T. (In Press). Attachment style and distress in couples experiencing sexual desire discrepancy. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 33, 44-54. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs-2023-0011

Wasson-Simpson, K. S., & Muise, M. D. (2022). “I wish there was a guide”: Navigating changes to intimate relationship scripts during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 32, 129-140. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs.2022-0016

Muise, M. D., Belu, C. F., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2021). Unspoken, yet understood: Exploring how couples communicate their exclusivity agreements. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 30, 196-204. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs.2021-0011

Select Presentations:

Muise, M. D., Bockaj, A., O’Sullivan, L. F., & Ronis, S. T. (2022, October). Attachment style and distress in couples experiencing sexual desire discrepancy. Data Blitz presented at the annual Canadian Sex Research Forum Conference.

Wasson-Simpson, K. S., Muise, M. D. (2021, October). “I wish there was a guide”: COVID-19-related changes to sexual and romantic scripts during the first 10 months of the pandemic. Poster presented at the annual Canadian Sex Research Forum Conference.

Muise, M. D., Belu, C. F., & O’Sullivan, L. F. (2020, October). Unspoken, yet understood: Exploring how couples communicate their monogamy agreements. Poster presented at the annual Canadian Sex Research Forum Conference.