Teresa Viola

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Description

Dr. Teresa Viola is a licensed psychologist with the OPQ. She obtained her doctorate degree in School/Applied Child Psychology from McGill University. Dr. Viola has over ten years of experience working with preschool and school-age children, adolescents, and their families in hospital, school, and private practice settings. She worked at Summit School, a school for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Additionally, she worked at the Montreal Children’s Hospital in the Pediatric Feeding Program.

Summary

The ALC team firmly believes that how we think and act has a great influence on how we feel. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, popularly referred to as CBT, is a type of psychotherapy that helps us understand that connection and helps us create options to change our behavior and subsequent emotions in a positive way. Since CBT is based on the premise that our thoughts influence our actions and feelings, rather than external events such as people, situations, and circumstances, we are therefore more in control of our consequences than we may be aware.