Christina Lee
BA | MA | RP | DTATI
(SHE/HER)
Christina believes that everyone deserves an opportunity to explore personal challenges in an empathic, non-judgmental, and collaborative space. Christina has a gentle, compassionate, and anti-oppressive approach. She is passionate about supporting people of all ages by drawing on numerous evidence-based approaches.
Christina is a Registered Psychotherapist with a Masters's in Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy from Wilfrid Laurier University. She holds a Professional Art Therapist designation, having completed her graduate studies at the Toronto Art Therapy Institute (TATI). Christina had the privilege of training and conducting her thesis research at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre as the first art therapist. She has worked at the Dr. Jay Children’s Grief Centre in Toronto and has extensive experience supporting children, youth, and families who are experiencing serious illness, grief, and bereavement.
Christina has a special interest in working with children and youth to navigate the challenges of terminal illness and grief from all types of deaths including suicide, homicide, and overdose deaths. Christina enjoys working with individuals and families with a broad range of concerns including anxiety, OCD, depression, school, relationships, life transitions, intergenerational trauma, and adverse childhood experiences.
Continued Professional Development
As a lifelong learner, Christina is dedicated to ongoing training and supervision opportunities. She is trained in a variety of modalities including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness-Based approaches, as well as Art Therapy and Play Therapy-based approaches that she utilizes with children and youth. Christina recently completed trauma training using the Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model (ITATM), an evidence-based protocol to help clients process trauma and adverse experiences in a safe and structured way.
Professional Memberships & Associations
College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO)
Canadian Art Therapy Association (CATA)