where healing, growth and self-discovery begin.
...where healing, growth, and self-discovery begin. Whether you're navigating stress, managing mental health concerns, or simply seeking balance, I'm here to support you. I offer a safe, inclusive space for individuals and families to explore, not only their emotional wellbeing but their physical and spiritual wellbeing, too.
Hi. My name is Christine. I am a compassionate, Master's prepared Registered Nurse (RN), Psychotherapist with 20 years of experience as a community nurse. I am an integrative psychotherapist and health coach providing you with support in various areas of mental and physical health including anxiety, depression, lifestyle coaching, stress management and much more.
An Integrative approach is sometimes referred to as holistic therapy because it aspires to consider an individual’s mental, physical, and emotional health in a unified way. Ideally, therapist and client will work together to understand the sources of the latter’s anxiety, unhappiness, physical discomfort, or unhealthy behavior patterns. Many people who seek to have a voice in the direction of their therapy, and who view the therapeutic relationship as a partnership, may be especially receptive to an integrative approach.
What to Expect
An integrative nurse therapist aims to match evidence-based treatments with your particular concern or concerns. The first step is to discover and understand the your personality traits, preferences, needs, spiritual beliefs, openness, and motivation level. These factors, along with your health and age, will help me to use my professional judgment to decide on a treatment approach with the highest likelihood of success.
A strong therapeutic relationship is essential to the success of integrative therapy. With integrative sessions, you will be included more in your own plan than those of many traditional forms of talk therapy. Once therapy is underway, different approaches may be used at different stages, or a single, integrated form of therapy may be used throughout.
An integrative nurse therapist will regularly evaluate your progress with whatever modality is currently being tried, and be ready to pivot to a different approach when it becomes clear that you may not benefiting, or no longer benefiting, from it. If this occurs, we will have a conversation about it before putting anything into action.
The first step towards transforming your life is to take action. Contact me today to schedule your free 20 min consultation and start your journey towards a happier, healthier you.
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Please reach me at info@riseupwellness.ca if you cannot find an answer to your question.
An RN, Psychotherapist is a Registered Nurse (RN), who is registered with their respective regulatory bodies in the province where they live. For myself, that means I am registered, in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO). My registration number is 0516138.
In addition to my nursing practice of 20 years, I have obtained additional training in psychotherapy in the form of a Masters of Arts in Counselling Psychology (MACP).
As a nurse, I integrate my medical knowledge with psycho-therapeutic techniques
to support individuals navigating mental health challenges, emotional distress,
and life transitions due to stressors impacting their daily lives.
I currently offer online sessions only. I hope to offer in-person sessions in early- mid 2026.
I support children from age 10+, teens, adults and seniors.
The cost varies depending on the type of therapy. The price for individual sessions is $130 per 50 min session. I do offer a sliding scale rates. Please contact me and we can talk more about the low & affordable therapy rates I offer. For couples, each 50 min session is $150.
My services are not covered by OHIP. Some insurance companies do accept RN, Psychotherapists including Desjardins, Green Shield, Manulife, Medavie Blue Cross and Sunlife as of October 2025.
RN psychotherapists have additional training, education and skills that uniquely qualify them to engage in psychotherapy. Although nurses can choose to be registered with the CRPO, under provincial legislation, it’s not necessary.
Having completed the MACP, I am qualified to register with the CRPO. I chose not to because I am proud to be a registered nurse that allows me to offer more services under one umbrella than a Registered Psychotherapist (RP) could. With a nutrition background, 20 years of community nursing and the MACP, I feel well qualified to assist you in a variety of services.
After your session, you will pay via credit card and I will send you an invoice. You will then submit this invoice to your insurance company. The insurance company will review it and determine your reimbursement.
It is always a good idea to check with your insurance company what your current plan covers. If the insurance company denies your claim, I am willing to advocate for you and provide you with a letter to your insurance company. Unfortunately, it will still be the insurance company's ultimate decision.
I understand that life happens. If you have to cancel and reschedule, I ask that you do this with as much notice as possible.
Appointment cancelled with more than 24 hours before session, there is no fee.
Appointment cancelled within 24 hours of the booked session, 50% of the session fee will be billed.
Scheduled appointments that are a "no show" and/or not cancelled within 24 hours of the session, will be billed the full fee.
If you arrive more than 15 minutes late for your appointment, the session fee will not be pro-rated. You will be billed the full session fee.
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