QUALIFICATIONS: With a Master’s of Education, a BA in English, and over 25 years of teaching experience, Christina possesses the expertise and skills to help others reach their personal and professional goals. A state-trained speaker, educator and facilitator for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Christina has given over 100 presentations and has presented at state conferences, served on discussion panels, news programs, and press releases for mental health legislation and promotion. As someone who rebounded from her own mental health crisis and maintains a full and productive life, she combines her lived experience with her teaching and mental health expertise providing valuable information, insight, and hope. Christina recently completed a specialized degree in Publishing for Writers and obtained her Mental Health First Aid certification. She is currently working on a memoir, which is scheduled for release in the spring. Stay tuned!
WHAT SHE OFFERS: Customized consultations, presentations, and workshops tailored to your organization’s needs and specifications. Past clients include hospitals, behavioral health facilities, treatment centers, educational and workplace institutions, and faith communities among others. Contact via email for more information and costs.
Mental Health
Custom-tailored presentations and workshops to suit your organization’s goals and needs on a variety of mental health topics including stress management, recovery tools, building resilience, support networks, reframing cognitive distortions, and creating healthy mindset.
Writing/Literary
Currently offering copy editing for manuscripts, book coaching, proposal and query writing, resumes, college essays, obituaries, eulogies, and multimedia memorial tributes.
Educational/Tutoring
Personalized one-on-one tutoring in creative writing, composition, literary analysis, public speaking, communication skills, and mock interviews.
Reviews
Stacey S. (Director, PHP)
“Christy’s presentation of her personal recovery story provides hope and encouragement to those in partial hospitalization who are struggling with severe symptoms and extremely challenging life stressors. She validates but also gently challenges the feelings of shame so many with mental illness experience while providing guidance on how to build and maintain a recovery lifestyle. Her message is compassionate and powerful which prompts program participants to discuss their own personal connections to her message.”
Donna S. (Client, PHP)
“The day you came into Innovations changed my life. Your brutal honesty and journey inspired me to tackle this head on and get my crap together as best as I could.”
Mary L. (RN, PHP)
“Christy’s sharing her lived experience with our clients and staff has elicited much positive feedback. Group members have found it to be realistic, engaging, educational, inspiring, and most importantly, a source of hope. Christy’s review of recovery tools and coping skills has been very helpful. Christy’s genuine presentations are a great asset to our program, our clients and staff. I can’t thank her enough!”
Terri H. (PBS, Sr. Vice President)
“I can’t thank you enough for sharing your story with such candor. Without you the program wouldn’t be as poignant and inspiring.”
Maggie M. (Director, NAMI)
“Christy made such an impact at Lanta. Several people talked to me about how she changed the way they think about individuals living with mental illness. It could not have been better—she is a powerful force.”
Melissa L. (Client, PHP)
After years of struggling with mental health issues, I was feeling quite hopeless. However, your experiences and insight gave me the first real hope in a very long time–that it is possible to recover my life, health, career, and self again.”
Diane G. (NAMI, Board President)
“Thank you for being the emcee at our 5K Walk & Race. You aced it! Your enthusiasm and natural talent really shone through.”
Christina L. Dunbar 