Giséle Lamontagne is a trauma counselor and hypnotherapist who works in the Ottawa/Hull area of Canada. She also the author of a non-fiction book and several books of poetry: “The poems of Kari”. For over twenty years she has worked informally in the area of family violence. After twenty-five years of teaching she decided to make counseling her full-time career. She is the mother of one adult daughter. She spends her free time reading, gardening, hiking, and skiing. Recently she discovered gospel singing and liturgical dancing.