Resilience in
Self-Exploration
RISE Occupational Therapy strives to provide personalized occupational therapy services to young adults living with chronic conditions or persistent pain to optimize their quality of life. Our services are virtual and focused on the mind-body connection. We believe people are the experts in their own experience and our role is to enable people to harness the solutions within themselves.
A client-centered approach
Everyone is different and has different strengths and challenges. I use a client-centered approach in my practice because I firmly believe that every person is an expert in their own experience. We will work together to develop a plan that is suitable for your personal goals.
What Occupational Therapy can do for you
An occupation is any activity that you do to fill your time. My services can help you to identify and overcome the barriers you are facing in pursuing your goals. This can include mental health challenges, symptom management and feeling stressed or unmotivated. Using evidence-based and trauma-informed interventions, we can collaborate to help you to be the best version of yourself.
Meet Abrial
Abrial Cooke, OT Reg. (Ont.)
Abrial is a registered Occupational Therapist with experience working in rehabilitation, community care and acute medicine. She has a Masters in Occupational Therapy from Western University as well as a Bachelor of Arts and Science in Biological Sciences and psychology from the University of Windsor. Abrial is a certified yoga teacher (RYT200hr) and she holds certifications in Motivational Interviewing. She is certified Equestrian competition coach with over 12 years of experience coaching and mentoring. She has coached individuals of all ages and ability levels. She is also an ADP Authorizer for walkers, wheelchairs, powerchairs and scooters.
Abrial lives with various chronic illnesses and can apply her experience as a healthcare consumer to her work with clients. This lived experience has strengthened her motivation to guide individuals living with chronic pain and disease to find balance in life and engage in activities that are meaningful to them. Having experienced chronic illness while trying to uphold other responsibilities, Abrial hopes to help clients build resilience and live well. Abrial is passionate about the mind-body connection and the ability to improve quality of life through collaboration and evidence-based intervention.
Abrial has contributed to research in many disciplines and has presented at national conferences on the topics of mental health, and poverty. She is an advocate and has a passion for social justice. In her leisure, Abrial enjoys reading books, travelling, doing yoga and spending time with animals.