About Dr. Chris
Welcome, Family! I’m Dr. Christian Rizea (a.k.a., Dr. Chris).
My goal is to help you overcome challenges and improve the quality of your life. I want to give you the tools to claim your natural right to live with self-determination, personal fulfillment, and achieve your greatest dreams possible.
I have a notorious reputation for being a I’m a mix between Malcolm Gladwell, Oprah, Deepak Chopra, and Mick Jagger.
That’s because I’m scientifically minded, compassionately hearted, and an open thinker with a side of rock n’ roll swagger.
As a born-n-raised Canadian boy from Toronto with nothing more than a passion for helping others, I moved to San Francisco in 2006 and got my doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology.
Through helping thousands of people achieve their goals, mentored budding clinicians, published research, presented at international conferences, and created an online show called Dr. Chris TV...
I pour my heart and soul into helping people!
I’m known for delivering in-depth and high quality tools to help people get the results they want from life. That’s because I care deeply about you and our global village that we and our future generations will live in.
I believe that our values guide what we focus on and drives our actions to what we want to experience.
Here are some of my guiding life values:
1) My actions and words are used to bring positive value into other people’s lives
2) I stand for truth, honesty, and integrity
3) I help liberate people from maladaptive ways of relating to themselves, others, and the world
4) I seek new sources of inspiration and act upon what is good from it
5) I will continue to bring creativity and beauty into the world through what I create
6) I am committed to helping people heal and reach their full potential
Through my videos, seminars, and products you’ll learn an abundance of useful wisdom. By no means do I have all the answers. Life is a continuous journey of learning for me and I want to impart onto you the best of what I learn. So expect me to keep things 100% with all of my imperfections and “What did he just say?” moments as we are on this journey of life together.
Professional Bio
Christian’s first experience in the helping field was at the age of 17 when he began volunteering at Canada’s largest psychiatric hospital, The Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), in Toronto. He had run social and recreational programs for people living with severe mental illnes on the inpatient wards for 6 years. While at CAMH, Christian had also been deeply involved with conducting research in the areas of eating disorders, substance use, and schizophrenia. In 2006, Christian moved to San Francisco where he pursued and attained his doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from the American School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco Bay Area. He is also certified in clinical hypnotherapy from the Healthy Hypnotherapy Institute and did advanced training at the Hypnotherapy Training Institute in the San Francisco Bay Area. Christian has had the privilege to work with diverse populations such as people living with chronic illness at The University of California, San Francisco Medical Center; trauma survivors at the Oakland Medical Center; people in need of crisis services with the Berkeley Mental Health Mobile Crisis Team; and helped families with chronic mental health issues at the Portia Bell Hume Behavioral Health Center throughout California. Currently, Christian works in San Francisco where he specializes in treating people with depression, anxiety, addictions, and PTSD. Christian also does personal and executive coaching using skills from positive psychology and mindfulness based interventions.
During his free time, Christian enjoys playing the guitar, training in Muay Thai Kickboxing, learning about technology and social issues, cooking new recipes, and exploring new travel destinations.