We offer, for Sexually Abused Men during their Childhood (PHASE in French), the following services:

• PHASE I – the entrance door for survivors
  • support groups for men who have been sexually abused during their childhood.


• Workshops and training for counsellors
  • workshops and training to measure for CLSCs, listening services or any organization that may be in contact with men who have been sexually abused during their childhood and who want to know more about the subject.

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• PHASE individual
  • individual support offered to men who have completed or are presently enrolled into PHASE I


• PHASE II: to go deeper than PHASE I
  • support groups intended for men who have completed PHASE I and who want to go further in their process.


• PHASE for spouses
  • support groups intended for spouses of survivors who want to help their man with their recovery process.


• PHASE sexo : for sexuality
  • support groups to help deal with the aftermaths of past victimization at the sexual level.


• PHASE artistic : for expression
  • therapy art groups to allow sexually abused men to renew contact with their body and the space surrounding it.


• Assistance meeting
  • individual meeting with a professionall

CRIPHASE’s PHASE I is the entrance door for survivors of sexual abuse.

This process encourages an awakening to the impact that sexual abuse still has over your adult life. To identify, undo and redefine your false beliefs, your perceptions of yourself and the dynamics of the abuse are some of the ten themes covered.

• Ten consecutive weekly meetings of approximately three hours each.
• Selected groups of no more than ten participants..

Selected groups of no more than ten participants.

Workshop 1: The awakening
Workshop 2: Experiencing the victimization
Workshop 3: Individual experiences of sexual abuse
Workshop 4: The losses sustained
Workshop 5: The bereavement process
Workshop 6: Defensive reactions and life strategies
Workshop 7: Sexuality and intimacy
Workshop 8: Taking stock of your assets
Workshop 9: Acquiring means
Workshop 10: Conclusion to the group’s process

This process is progressive and each workshop is based on the one(s) before.

• You are 18 and over;
• You experienced sexual abuse before the age of 18;
• As an adult, you have had no sexual contacts with a child; and
• You accept to meet individually before the group workshops start
• This meeting, without any obligation on your part, will allow you to have a first contact with the group leader, allows us to introduce to you the contents of this process and also to know you.

An individual process is now available for survivors who have completed PHASE I.

For more information, please contact us.

This process allows you, among other things, to get to know yourself more, to better understand your emotions, to experience new ways to be yourself and learn to deal with situations of your everyday life. This process includes ten consecutive weekly meetings of approximately three hours each. These selected groups are limited to a maximum of ten participants each.

• To become admissible to PHASE II groups, you must have completed PHASE I.

Groups start regularly. Contact us.

A support group for spouses of survivors of sexual abuse is offered. The purpose of this group is to allow mates of victims of sexual abuse to express themselves about their experience, to stop their isolation by meeting other spouses living similar situations and to improve their intimacy and their sexuality. This group is intended as much for men as for women, who are in heterosexual or homosexual relationships.

The following themes are covered:

1. Workshop 1: Introduction of each participant and the problems they experienced
2. Workshop 2: Anger towards who, or what?
3. Workshop 3: Feelings of powerlessness and sadness toward the situation.
4. Workshop 4: Why do I feel guilty?
5. Workshop 5: What kind of intimacy exists in my relationship?
6. Workshop 6: How to heed my needs for intimacy while respecting those of my partner?
7. Workshop 7: Sexuality in my relationship
8. Workshop 8: How to harmonize my sexuality to that of my partner’s?
9. Workshop 9: How to communicate better with my partner
10. Workshop 10: Conclusion of the group’s therapy

Myriam Perron – sexologist M.A. (c) offers a sex intervention program, the ultimate purpose of which is: to better deal with the aftermaths of past victimization at the sexual level and, in this way, to aspire to a potentially saner and more harmonious sexuality.

In order to do this, five consecutive weekly group meetings of approximately three hours each are held.

These meetings will promote discussions and comments and will be harmonized on the following themes:

Please note that these meetings are intended as much for single men as for those in couple.

Groups start regularly. Contact us.

Intervention process in therapeutic art held over ten weekly meetings that aim particularly on the healing of the body.

The workshops demonstrate that recovery can be pleasurable through play and creativity. Participants can explore their relationship with their body, with others and with their surrounding space through all kinds of art forms. It could be through movements, music, relaxation, breathing, playacting, painting or other healing activities.

An assistance meeting service is offered to survivors who have completed PHASE I and to their partners. However, this is not an individual therapy; it is only a listening and support meeting. We invite you to contact us if you need to discuss or comment on a subject that is important to you. We will be happy to listen to you.

Call CRIPHASE now to enrol in our program. Services are provided by professional counsellors specialized in this field.

This service is free and on appointments only.

We offer workshops about awareness and training to measure aiming for a better understanding of the problems generated by sexual abuse committed against boys and its repercussions on adult life.

We can go to your office for a presentation about the problems encountered by men who were sexually abused during their childhood so that your counsellors, speakers or volunteers can better understand the sexual abuse experienced by a boy and improve possible interventions.

These presentations are conducted by Benoit St-Jean, clinic sexologist. Mr. St-Jean is an expert in this field. In fact, along with leading these support groups, he also made several presentations to different organizations and seminars.

Fees are applicable for these presentations. Rates are established according to the kind of training required.

If you have any questions concerning these workshops and trainings, please contact us.