Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Structured, evidence-based support for anxiety, low mood, stress and the thought patterns that make symptoms harder to live with.
Individual Expert Consultations
Focused expertise when you need it.
A 60-minute one-on-one virtual consult with an Effica expert. No Membership or referral needed.
Choose the area that matters most right now and spend a dedicated hour with a regulated health provider who works in that field.
This is a standalone, non-insured consult. It is optional, and it is not required to access referral-based physician care.
$199
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Menopause care is covered by provincial health plans for eligible patients. Non-insured services, including the Personalized Healthspan Consult, Membership and Expert Consults, are not covered by provincial health plans and are billed individually. Many group insurance and Health Spending Account plans cover these types of services. Patients should check with their benefits provider to confirm their specific coverage. Purchasing a non-insured service is not required to access publicly insured menopause care; however, a medical referral is required.
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What's included
What's included.
- 60-minute virtual expert consultation
- Focused assessment and education
- Personalized recommendations
- Practical strategies and next steps, including behaviour and lifestyle
- One-on-one time with a non-insured regulated health provider
Areas of expertise
Choose the consult that fits this moment.
Each session is a 60-minute virtual consult with a non-insured regulated health provider. You choose the area that matters most.
Sleep
Targeted help for insomnia, night waking and disrupted sleep, including CBT-I informed strategies alongside your menopause care.
Nutrition
Individualized dietary guidance for bone, heart and metabolic health, body composition changes, and eating patterns that fit your life.
Fitness
Strength, cardiovascular and mobility programming built around your current capacity, joint symptoms, fatigue and long-term health goals.
Coaching
Practical, goal-focused support to translate your plan into consistent action and work through what gets in the way.
Behavioural Medicine & Lifestyle
Help changing the daily habits that influence symptoms and future risk, with realistic steps that hold up over time.
Smoking Cessation
Guided support to stop smoking, one of the highest-impact changes for cardiovascular, bone and menopause symptom outcomes.
Sexual Health
Confidential support for changes in desire, arousal, comfort during intimacy and genitourinary symptoms.
Pelvic Health
Pelvic floor physiotherapy-informed care for urinary symptoms, pelvic pain, prolapse concerns and discomfort with intercourse.
Consultations are with non-insured regulated health providers. They do not include physician assessment, prescriptions or insured medical care, and they are not required to access referral-based menopause care.
What to expect
Your consult, step by step.
Each expert consultation follows the LIGHT™ Method, focused on one area of your health for a dedicated 60 minutes.
L
Listen
Tell us what you need help with.
You start by choosing the area you want to work on, then sharing enough of your story for that expert to prepare.
What happens
- Choose your consultation focus: cognitive behavioural therapy, sleep and behavioural medicine, nutrition and fitness, coaching and lifestyle change, sexual and pelvic health, or smoking cessation.
- Complete a focused intake for that area, covering what has changed, what you have already tried and what you want from the hour.
- Share at your own pace. This is not a rushed form, and you do not need a medical referral to begin.
How long it takes
- Most people complete the focused intake in 10 to 20 minutes.
I
Illuminate
Your expert arrives already oriented.
Before you meet, your practitioner reviews what you have shared so the hour is spent on care, not catch-up.
What happens
- Your symptoms, history and goals for this area are organized for the consult.
- Relevant patterns and questions are flagged so the conversation can go deeper, faster.
Behind the scenes
- Expert consultations are delivered by non-insured regulated health providers. They do not replace physician assessment, prescribing or insured medical care.
G
Guide
A dedicated 60 minutes with an expert.
You meet virtually, one-on-one, with a practitioner whose work is this area of health.
What happens
- A focused assessment and education session tailored to the concern you booked for.
- Space to ask questions, understand options and talk through what is realistic in your life.
- Clear recommendations you can act on after the call.
How long it takes
- 60 minutes, virtual. You can attend from home.
H
Heal
Leave with a plan you can use.
The point of the hour is not only insight. It is practical next steps.
What happens
- Personalized recommendations for this area of your health.
- Practical strategies with a focus on behaviour and lifestyle.
- Guidance on when further support another consult, Membership or physician care would help.
T
Thrive
One consult, or a next step if you want it.
A single expert consultation can be enough. If you want more, you choose what comes next.
What happens
- Book another 60-minute consult in a different area when you need it.
- If you want ongoing support across the year, Effica Membership includes four expert consultations of your choice.
- Referral-based physician menopause care remains available separately and is never required to access these consults.
Booking will open soon.
Individual expert consultations are not yet available to book. You can still compare Effica's other care pathways and choose the support that fits today.
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