The founder of Sexocorporel (1931-2011)
A detailed biography of Jean-Yves Desjardins in french, written by his daughter Lise Desjardins, can be found here.
Professor Jean-Yves Desjardins, psychologist and clinical sexologist, for more than 40 years, he dedicated his life to the study of human sexuality. His reflections on the subject began when he was still a young theologian. After many years of study in various disciplines, he decided to concentrate his work on clinical sexology. For Jean-Yves Desjardins, sexology was a science in itself. For this reason, over the years he realized one of his dreams by founding, together with Claude Crépault, the Department of Sexology at the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM) (www.sexologie.uqam.ca).
As a result of his clinical observations and research, Jean-Yves Desjardins developed the sexocorporel. This model of sexual health was taught at UQAM from 1968 until Professor Desjardins retired in 1988. He then continued his teaching in Quebec and Europe in order to disseminate it further. In the 1980s, Jean-Yves Desjardins was very active in the development of various pedagogical and audio-visual teaching tools (see below), in addition to his clinical and academic activities. For more than four years, he hosted a daily radio show. In this way he contributed to the dissemination of sexological knowledge in the population. At the same time, he led hundreds of extremely successful seminars in Quebec under the title “Vivre en amour” (Life in Love). These seminars enabled him to reach hundreds of thousands of men and women who were looking for concrete tools to improve their sexual and love lives.
Over the years, Sexocorporel has been structured and refined thanks to the help of many collaborators, both in Quebec and in France. Of particular note are the contributions of François de Carufel and Claude Roux-Deslandes, who have been working for many years on structuring and schematising the various concepts of Sexocorporel.
Below are some elements of the academic and professional career of Prof. Jean-Yves Desjardins
Academic degrees and titles:
- Doctorate in sacred music (1959)
- Master in Theology (1960)
- Master in Psychology (1964)
- Doctor of Criminology (1970)
Professional career and achievements:
- Sex therapist (1965-2010)
- Co-founder of the Department of Sexology at the University of Quebec in Montreal (1968)
- Professor in the Department of Sexology at the University of Quebec in Montreal (1968-1988)
- Radio presenter (early 80s)>
- Editor of the weekly magazine “Vivre en amour” (beginning of the 80s)
- Public lectures: Over 400 lectures on love and sexuality, which attracted almost 400,000 participants in Canada (between 1980 and 1982).
- Leader of “Vivre en amour” workshops in Canada (1988-2010) and overseas in Belgium, France, Italy, Morocco and Switzerland (1990-2010).
- Director of Sexocorporel training (1990 to 2010) in Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Morocco and Switzerland.
Engagement in associations, federations and institutes:
- Involvement in associations, federations and institutes:Member of the Association of Psychologists of Quebec
- Member of AIHUS (Association Inter-Hospitalo-Universitaire de Sexologie).
- Founding President of the ISSC (Collège International de Sexothérapeutes Spécialistes)
- Honorary President of the ISI (Institut Sexocorporel International Jean-Yves Desjardins)
Published Books:
- Le mythe du péché solitaire (The myth of the lonely sin) (Desjardins – Crépault), 1969
- La complémentarité érotique (The erotic complementarity) (Desjardins – Crépault), 1978
- L’érotisme au masculin (The eroticism in the male) (Desjardins), 1980
- L’érotisme au féminin (The eroticism in the female) (Desjardins), 1980
- L’érotisme au quotidien (The eroticism in everyday life) (Desjardins), 1980
- Les corps érotiques (The erotic bodies) (Desjardins – Crépault), 1981
Video and film productions (in French):
- Ton sexe et l’autre (Your sex and the other) (CD for 10-12 year olds), 1969
- Judith and Pierre (for teenagers), 1972
- Le langage érotique : Paul et Hélène I (The erotic language), 1976
- Le langage des corps: Paul et Hélène II (The language of bodies), 1976
- Clara et François (l’érotisme au troisième âge) (Eroticism in old age), 1976
- L’érotisme au féminin (eroticism in the female), 1976
- À mi-corps (paraplégique) (The lower half (paraplegic)), 1978
- Amour, érotisme et grossesse (Love, eroticism and pregnancy), 1978
- Amour, érotisme et enfant, (Love, eroticism and child) 1979
- L’érotisme au masculin (The eroticism in the male) 1980
- Vent du Sud (South wind)
- Les corps érotiques (The erotic bodies) 1981
- L’érotisme et les âges de la vie (eroticism at different ages), 1981
- Le contrôle éjaculatoire : une histoire d’amour (Ejaculation control: a love story, also published in English), 1996