Dr. Natalie Rosen, R.Psych. (she/her)
ClINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
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Clinical Expertise
Dr. Rosen works with adults (ages 18+ years) and adult couples experiencing sexual issues and dysfunction, including: problems during sex (a lack of arousal, difficulties with orgasm, erection, or pain during sexual activity), a lack of interest in sexual activity or a difference between partners in their desire for sexual activity, or bothersome thoughts and feelings about your sexuality or sexual problems.
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Special Notice
Dr. Rosen is also the director of the Couples and Sexual Health Laboratory at Dalhousie University. Through her work at Dalhousie, Dr. Rosen is currently accepting couples to participate in a research study focused on a couple-based treatment for issues related to low sexual desire and arousal. Study participation involves receiving treatment for this sexual difficulty. If you are interested in learning more about this study, please contact Dr. Rosen directly at natalie.rosen@dal.ca.
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Education & Clinical Training
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Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) in Clinical Psychology, McGill University (Montreal, QC)
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Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) with Distinction, Specialization in Psychology, Queens University (Kingston, ON)
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Residency completed at the Nova Scotia Health Authority (Halifax, NS)
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Additional clinical training completed at the Sex and Couple Therapy Service of the Allen Memorial Hospital (Montreal, QC)
Current Activities & Memberships​​​
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Registered Psychologist (#R0680), Nova Scotia Board of Examiners in Psychology
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Professor, Departments of Psychology & Neuroscience and Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Dalhousie University
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Past President, Canadian Sex Research Forum
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Member, Canadian Psychological Association
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Member, Society for Sex Therapy and Research
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Member, International Academy of Sex Research
Selected Publications
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Belu, C.B., Corsini-Munt, S., Dubé, J., Wang, G. A., Rosen, N. O., (2023). Partner responses to low desire among couples coping with male Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder and associations with sexual wellbeing. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 20, 955-964. https://doi.org/10.1093/jsxmed/qdad069
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Bouchard, K. N., Cormier, M., Huberman, J. S., & Rosen, N. O. (2023). Sexual script flexibility and sexual wellbeing in long-term couples: A dyadic longitudinal study. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 20, 945-954. https://doi.org/10.1093/jsxmed/qdad067
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Dubé, J.P. , Bergeron, S., Bosisio, M., Vaillancourt-Morel, M.P., Drudge, E. , & Rosen, N. O. (2023). Hooked on a feeling: Downregulation of negative emotion during sexual conflict is associated with sexual well-being. Emotion. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001251
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Rosen, N. O., Dawson, S. J., Leonhardt, N. D., Vannier, S. A., & Impett, E. A. (2021). Trajectories of sexual well-being among couples in the transition to parenthood. Journal of Family Psychology, 35, 523–533. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000689
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Raposo, S., Rosen, N. O., & Muise, A. (2019). Self-expansion is associated with greater relationship and sexual well-being for couples coping with low sexual desire. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407519875217
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Rosen, N. O., Dawson, S. J., Brooks, M., & Kellogg-Spadt, S. (2019). Treatment of vulvodynia: Pharmacological and non-pharmacalogical approaches. Drugs, 79, 483-493. doi:10.1007/s40265-019-01085-1
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Rosen, N. O., Dubé, J., Corsini-Munt, S., & Muise, A. (2019). Partners experience consequences, too: A comparison of the sexual, relational, and psychological adjustment of women with sexual interest/arousal disorder and their partners to control couples. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 16, 83-95. doi:10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.10.018
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Rosen, N. O. & Bergeron, S. (2019). Genito-pelvic pain through a dyadic lens: Moving toward an Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Model of women’s sexual dysfunction. Annual Review of Sex Research (Journal of Sex Research). doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2018.1513987
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