Clinical Approach
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Eating Disorders (CBT-E)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Specialties
- Eating disorder recovery
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Trauma
- Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
- Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Dr Volpe is a registered psychologist, member of the Ordre des Psychologues du Québec, the College of Psychologists of Ontario and the Ordine degli Psicologi della Regione Puglia (Italy).
She is trained as a clinical psychologist and specializes in Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), including Enhanced Therapy for Eating Disorders (CBT-E ), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Trauma- Focused CBT (TF-CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
She completed her studies in Italy, between Puglia and Sicily, where she first obtained her master’s in Organizational and communication psychology and then obtained her Ph.D. in CBT with honours.
Over the course of her career, she mainly worked in the field of eating disorders, anxiety, depression and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Prior to moving to Canada, Dr. Volpe owned a clinic in Italy from 2017-2019, called Psychosphaera, a co-working for psychologists in the heart of her home town, Bari, winner of a regional fund called PIN Puglia. Once she moved to Canada, she worked in the public education system in elementary and high school, providing workshops on eating disorders to students. She obtained her training in CBT-E with CREDO (Oxford) and with ANEB Québec.
Dr Volpe currently works at the Glen hospital (MUHC) and in private practice, treating a variety of populations and disorders with multidisciplinary teams and applying her knowledge with a holistic approach.
Dr Volpe has always been passionate about eating disorders and is aware of the importance of applying a multitude of strategies and techniques and an ad hoc protocol, cut on the specificities of the patient and their environment.
Dr Volpe speaks Italian, English, French and Spanish and provides supervision to students in Psychology. Dr Volpe provides in person and online services.
Annie is a Registered Dietitian and a member of the Ordre des diététistes-nutritionnistes du Québec.
As a former competitive figure skater, she noticed how her eating habits impacted her athletic performance. Her desire to gain more knowledge in sports nutrition along with her passion to help others led her to complete a Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition Sciences at University of Ottawa.
After her studies, Annie began her career as a Registered Dietitian in private practice, specifically working in an exercise facility. Although her clients typically consulted her to improve their health or sports performance, she quickly noticed many had disordered eating patterns and poor body image. Motivated to help her clients, she dedicated a lot of time learning about intuitive eating, Health at Every Size® and body image and has also applied these teachings to her own life.
Improving her own relationship with food allowed her to make space for more important things such as spending quality time with loved ones, creating art, traveling and doing outdoor activities.
She uses a compassionate approach to collaborate with her clients with the goal of helping them develop a healthy relationship with food and their body so that they too, can live life to the fullest.