In the face of life’s demands, you may grapple with stress, anxiety, and burnout, struggling to manage your emotions and navigate life’s seasons. Past traumas may linger, weaving into unhealthy patterns and hindering your ability to have meaningful connections. You may lose your sense of self in relationships and responsibilities. Overthinking, overachieving, self-criticism, and self-doubt often prevail. Questioning your purpose and whether you’re on the right path, you’re afraid of making the wrong decisions. You may have tried talk therapy, but you’re searching for an approach that encompasses something more.

Picture a journey that reinforces pathways for well-being and nurtures your nervous system. Imagine reconnecting with the wisdom of your mind, body, and spirit and making decisions from an intuitive and grounded place.

In this envisioned reality, you know yourself, your needs, and your values, confidently communicating them. You honour yourself while fostering healthy relationships. Life feels more balanced, with a focus on what truly matters. Embracing the spectrum of emotions, you become resilient in facing life’s challenges. Empowered to venture into the unknown, you create a personally meaningful life. Embracing your humanity, you welcome all parts of yourself with compassion.

With 5 years of experience working in health and wellness, my approach to therapy is embodied, holistic, relational, and trauma-informed. By integrating various modalities with flexible online scheduling, we co-create a personalized therapeutic experience tailored to your unique personality, needs and goals.

I aim to provide a welcoming, supportive, and empowering environment for navigating life’s seasons and coming home to your authentic self.

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Hi everyone! My name is Kristin Eastgate and currently, I am completing my practicum division of my Masters in Counselling Psychology (MACP) through Yorkville University. I am thrilled to have the chance to offer my services with Root to Rise Psychotherapy + Wellness.

Prior to pursuing my education further, I completed my honours undergraduate degree in Communications and Digital Media Studies highlighting Communication and Conflict Resolution, Communication and Culture, Interpersonal Communication, as well as Developmental Psychology.

I aim to use an eclectic approach incorporating a holistic, humanistic, person-centered style in which I am merely a guide in your therapeutic journey. Collaboratively, we can explore life’s challenges and successes. I look forward to getting to know you and collaboratively building upon the life you have created.

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Life is challenging and can be overwhelming at times. Feeling overwhelmed, burnt out, emotionally drained, and unable to keep up with the demands of life can have a negative impact on your physical and mental health. If not addressed, this can have a detrimental and rippling effect on our relationships and a limiting effect on our ability to feel happiness, joy or have the energy to get out of bed and tackle the day.

I am a good listener and offer you a space to feel seen, heard, and validated. I believe you are the expert on your own life and I am here as a guide to illuminate your strengths, while helping you navigate the challenges and obstacles you are facing (past, present or future). I offer you a trauma-informed, client-centered, and integrative approach to personal growth, health and healing. My hope is for you to find meaning and purpose, while building your resiliency reserves.

I am motivated to leave this world a little healthier than I found it. I have been on a two decade journey, to gain a diverse and holistic understanding of health… body, mind, and spirit. I am particularly intrigued by the ways each aspect of our life is interdependent on our overall wellbeing. I am a lifelong learner and prior to completing my Masters of Arts in Counselling Psychology (in progress), I received a Certificate in Women’s Functional and Integrative Medicine (2020) with Dr. Aviva Romm, a Bachelor’s of Integrated Studies (2018) from The University of New Brunswick, and a Diploma in Holistic Nutrition (2006) from the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition. I have also completed 1000’s of hours of additional training in yoga, meditation, mindfulness, acupuncture, Ayurveda and coaching.

I am interested in helping clients find their way through major life transitions, unmanageable stress, hopelessness and overwhelm. I am passionate about supporting caregivers who are assisting family members with disabilities or aging parents, as well as those struggling with fertility and all of the challenges and emotions that go along that.

I look forward to getting to know you and co-creating a life you love.

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Hi there! My name is Nicole and I am a Registered Psychotherapist (RP) and founder of Root to Rise Psychotherapy and Wellness ✨

I’m so grateful that you’re finding yourself on this page right now. You are taking a courageous and magical step towards healing and I am so honoured to be supporting you on your journey.

My work as a clinician is grounded in the belief that deep down, somewhere within, we all have the power to take hold of our life, our emotions, our responses, and our relationships with ourselves, our loved ones, and the world around us at large.

Whether you are struggling to mitigate symptoms of stress, anxiety, depression, and/or grief, or you are simply feeling unbalanced and incapable of optimizing your day-to-day life with motivation, confidence, and joy (yes, joy!), I am committed to helping you do the work, dig deep, and re-gain the power and self-awareness needed so that you can gain and experience ongoing balance, clarity, hope, strength and inspiration.

Together, we will create an individualized treatment plan that emphasizes a strengths-based, integrative, and holistic (mind/body/soul) framework so that, with all the right tools, you can become the catalyst to your own healing and life journey.

My ongoing commitment to you includes providing you with a safe, welcoming and unjudgmental space where you can receive the compassion, validation, time, and energy required for healing and growth. I also commit to meeting you where you’re at on your journey as well as honour your vulnerability and willingness to show up for yourself (this is no easy task, especially when we are suffering).

I’m so looking forward to our work together!

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*PLEASE NOTE: Shelby is only accepting new clients who are able to book sessions on evenings & weekends (score!)

Hi there!

My name is Shelby and I’m so happy you’re here! I’m a strong believer that my passion for helping others and ability to pull on a human-centered therapeutic approach creates a therapy space conducive to positive change and holistic growth. To do this, I am committed to offering a safe, judgment-free and welcoming environment to help individuals, couples and families explore their personal, relational and/or life goals and learn how to utilize personal strengths to help get yourself there.

With over 4 years clinical experience as an addictions counsellor, I firmly believe that humans have the ability to heal from within, access their highest selves and learn how to adopt healthier ways of thinking, feeling and being.

My extensive educational background has taught me how to facilitate therapeutic conversations, emotional processing, and behavioral activation in order to hold space for you to move through hard experiences and support you in reaching your fullest potential. I look forward to connecting to see if we’d be a good fit to work with one another!

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