CHRISTINA GROSSO,
PhD(c), LCAT, ATR-BC
Christina Grosso has worked as a clinician, supervisor, trainer, and leader specializing in the treatment of complex trauma in children and adolescents with mental illness and intellectual & developmental disorders. Christina has extensive experience in the practice, implementation, and training of Trauma Informed Care and evidence-based practices. Christina’s work has focused on implementation science and system change. She has consulted with child psychiatric centers and residential treatment facilities nationwide to disseminate Trauma Informed Care. She has authored papers in the field of trauma, self-care and TF-CBT including “Children with Developmental Disabilities” in Cohen, Mannarino and Deblinger’s book, Trauma Focused CBT for Children and Adolescents. She is the co-creator of the curriculum and NCTSN product, My Identity My SELF: Addressing the Needs of LGBTQ in Treatment (MIMS). Christina is a certified supervisor in Trauma Focused CBT (TF-CBT) and a certified trainer in Psychological First Aid. She serves on the NCTSN Terrorism & Disaster, Peer Support, and Trauma, Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities workgroups.
Currently, Christina is the founder of Mind+Body=ONE, PLLC, an integrative mental health practice in Westchester, NY. The mission of Mind+Body=ONE is to de-stigmatize mental health through a holistic, person-centered approach to wellness that integrates psychotherapy, psychophysiology, and creativity. Mind+Body=ONE offers individual therapy, biofeedback, and optimal performance training for athletes and executives. Consultation and training services for corporate wellness are available and based on the principals of mindful and authentic leadership.
Christina is on faculty at New York University in the Steinhardt School Graduate Art Therapy Department. She is a practicing artist, and her work focuses on abstract expressionism and process-based response art. Christina is a doctoral candidate at Saybrook University in Mind-Body Medicine with a focus on integrative mental health, psychophysiology, and mindful leadership in healthcare. Her dissertation focuses on the correlation of creativity and resilience in mental healthcare providers managing uncertainty.
Looking Ahead
(Oil Pastel on Paper/ 3"x 3.5")
"Looking Ahead" was created as a response art piece as I prepared for my dissertation proposal defense. I had just experienced a lengthy delay in completing my research proposal due to having COVID-19 in the Fall 2022. Following the acute stage of the illness, I developed long COVID symptoms which resulted in the inability to focus and sustain higher cognitive processing. This period of “brain fog” was difficult as my typical daily functioning of multi-tasking a private practice, motherhood, and doctoral work proved impossible to manage and required needed downtime and reducing workload. During this time, I prioritized self-care and time with my family while maintaining my clinical work. I began writing again in January which started with slow, short windows of time where I would write whatever I could. Often times, the writing lacked clarity but slowly over time my ability to write coherently returned. After several months of slow writing, I began to rebound and completed my dissertation proposal in May 2023.
"Looking Ahead" was created upon the completion of my proposal as I prepared for my defense. For the first time in months, I felt hope and clarity that my journey to becoming a doctor would be realized. For the first time in months, I could see the horizon and the opening of the sky ahead which was once cloaked in darkness. "Looking Ahead" depicts this restored outlook and optimism in the future.