Nourishing Hearts Wellness Care Farm

11/05/2025

Hello Everyone! I’m Mina Crispo and I am excited to finally share I’ll be offering child and youth psychotherapy at Nourishing Hearts Wellness Care Farm. I am a Registered Practical Nurse, Nurse Psychotherapist, and am registered with The College Of Nurses Of Ontario. Intakes are open now for service starting January.

I believe that everyone has a story and that story shapes us into who we are. As a paediatric nurse and mother of two young children—I bring a conscious, connected approach to both my parenting and my professional work. I am deeply guided by the importance of secure attachment, emotional regulation, and open communication in a child’s development. These values sit at the heart of my practice and inform how I engage with both children and their families. My approach will follow Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT) in a playful relaxed environment, with the comfort of nature and animals. My focus will be on child and adolescent Medical Traumas & PTSD, Self Harm & Suicidal Ideations, Anxiety & Depression, and Self-Esteem Challenges.

Please use the referral form on the contact page at

Nourishing Hearts Wellness Care Farm is a social work based therapeutic farm that offers child, youth and adult mental health counselling. Services include a unique blend of in-office counselling, animal-assisted therapy, nature assisted therapy and play therapy.

11/05/2025

I am thrilled to announce that my daughter Mina Crispo will be joining me at Nourishing Hearts. Bringing her years of experience as a paediatric nurse in the community providing medical care and family support with VON, at CPRI with medically fragile complex paediatrics, STEGH Women & Children’s and LHSC Children’s Hospital in both Child & Adolescent Mental Health and Inpatient Paediatrics. She is a Registered Practical Nurse, and Nurse Psychotherapist. She is registered with the College Of Nurses Of Ontario. She will be offering Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Trauma Focused - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT) Psychotherapy for Children and Youth. She will be focusing on Medical Traumas & Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Self Harm & Suicidal Ideations, Anxiety & Depression, and Self-Esteem Challenges. Service is covered by many insurance companies. If not, a request for personalized coverage form is available. She can assist with this process. Intakes open now for service to begin in January. Please use the referral form on the contact page at

Nourishing Hearts Wellness Care Farm is a social work based therapeutic farm that offers child, youth and adult mental health counselling. Services include a unique blend of in-office counselling, animal-assisted therapy, nature assisted therapy and play therapy.

10/23/2025

Introducing the newest members of the Nourishing Hearts Wellness Care Team!

Three Brothers.. Caramilk, Twix and Snickers. These three sweet Guinea Pigs can help children, youth and families explore family dynamics including (but not limited to) conflict resolution, differences & similarities, and bonding & love. 💗

Reach out for child and youth counselling, space is limited. Sessions include talk therapy, play therapy, animal-assisted therapy, therapeutic art, and nature-based therapy. Sessions are covered by most insurance companies under social work and counselling services. Services are also covered under the OAP and NIHB programs. If interested, please reach out if you would like a free 20-minute telephone consultation and/or fill out the referral form that can be found on the "Contacts" page on my website www.nourishinghearts.ca. Ages 5 and up. Located in Rodney, ON.

09/16/2025

It is with incredible sadness that I share the passing of our beloved Baa Baa. I feel grateful that I got to share my life with her. She was such a beautiful and gentle spirit with a deep passion and drive for food and foot scratches. As hard as it is to say goodbye, I know “it is better to love than to never love at all”. Rest easy my love, you did good. You touched so many lives and you will live on in our hearts. I miss you already my darling 💔

09/08/2025

Today is the first day of intakes for child and youth counselling, which will continue until the end of next week. Space is limited. Sessions include talk therapy, play therapy, animal-assisted therapy, therapeutic art, and nature-based therapy. Sessions are covered by most insurance companies under social work and counselling services. Services are also covered under the OAP and NIHB programs. If interested, please reach out if you would like a free 20-minute telephone consultation and/or fill out the referral form that can be found on the "Contacts" page on my website www.nourishinghearts.ca. Ages 5 and up. Located in Rodney, ON.

09/07/2025

Nature Assisted Therapy is a therapeutic intervention that incorporate plants, natural materials, and/or outdoor environments. It is based on the idea that people are connected to and impacted by the natural environment. Nature assisted therapy provides an opportunity for people to explore their relationship with nature, not only from what they see, but from what they experience through other senses as well.
Evidence suggests that viewing, interacting with, and living in natural environments can reduce stress, increase patience, increase self-discipline, increase capacity for attention, and speed the recovery from mental fatigue, crisis and psycho-physiological imbalance. Some children and youth, in particular, can benefit from a nature assisted approach. This includes those who struggle socially, have an emotional issue such as anxiety or depression, or who are troubled teens. For kids who enjoy the outdoors, are interested in animals and plants, and like to explore, nature assisted counselling provides a therapeutic environment that creates a calming effect which then allows children to develop social skills, increased confidence and self-esteem.

Check out our services at the farm www.nourishinghearts.ca/nature-assisted-therapy

09/06/2025

Play therapy is a psychotherapeutic treatment approach specifically developed to help children between the ages of 5 to 12 years old. It provides an opportunity for the child to ‘play out’ his or her feelings and problems, just as, in certain adult therapy, an individual ‘talks out’ his or her difficulties.

Check out our service at www.nourishinghearts.ca/play-therapy

09/05/2025

Animal-assisted therapy is a therapeutic intervention that incorporates animals, such as horses, dogs, cats, pigs, goats, sheep, and birds, into the treatment plan. It is used to enhance and complement the benefits of traditional therapy. Animal Assisted Therapy has been found to be especially helpful to children on the autism spectrum, with a pervasive developmental disorder, and with emotional or behavioural disorders.

Check out our services at the farm www.nourishinghearts.ca/animal-assisted-therapy

09/04/2025

I am thrilled to announce that I am accepting new clients! At the farm, I offer a truly unique blend of talk, animal, art, play, and nature therapies to support children & youth with diverse challenges that include developmental disabilities, autism, ADHD, FASD, anxiety, depression, grief & loss, trauma, low self-esteem, and self-identity. Services are eligible for insurance reimbursement, OAP, and NIHB funding. Space is limited!

09/04/2025

I am so excited to share my newly updated website that features my current counselling and therapy services and also all the new services, programs, and events coming in 2026! Check it out and let me know what you think!

08/19/2025

When I first began dreaming of Nourishing Hearts, it was really important to me that the farm is a safe place for children and youth to just be themselves and their strengths can be explored, discovered and celebrated. A place to belong and shine❤️The tv show, Collar of Duty Kids did an episode on a youth that has been attending the farm for the past several years and shows how she has found comfort at Nourishing Hearts.