CHRISTINA HOWARD
Port Huron
Summary
Mental health professional with extensive experience at Community Mental Health, specializing in reflective supervision, infant and early childhood mental health consultation, and community training.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Reflective Supervisor
Huron Behavioral Health
Bad Axe
10.2024 - Current
- Facilitates collaborative, relationship-driven supervision for IMH clinicians to explore thoughts, feelings, and behaviors guiding interventions that effectively address family needs.
Therapist
Colonial Woods Christian Counseling Center
Port Huron
01.2024 - Current
- Provides individual and family therapy sessions to clients in a compassionate environment.
- Develops treatment plans tailored to each client's unique needs and goals.
- Conducts assessments to evaluate clients' mental health and progress regularly.
Clinician
St. Clair County Community Mental Health
02.2003 - Current
- Delivers mental health consultation services to childcare programs across the five counties in the Thumb region.
- Conducts comprehensive biopsychosocial and clinical assessments for diverse clientele.
- Facilitates individual, family, child-parent, and infant-parent psychotherapy sessions.
- Collaborates with childcare staff to enhance emotional support strategies for children.
Outpatient Therapist
Professional Counseling Center
12.1998 - 04.2003
- Conducted assessments
- Provided individual, family and group therapy
- Facilitated Child Anger Management Group and Adolescent Substance Use Group
- Member of Utilization Review Committee
Education
Master of Social Work -
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY1997
Bachelor of Science - Sociology, Social Work Concentration
Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant, MI1995
Skills
- Reflective supervision expertise
- Community training facilitation
- DECA assessment proficiency
- Infant-Parent and Child-Parent Psychotherapy
- Trauma-focused CBT
Accomplishments
- Endorsed Reflective Supervisor, 2024
- Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist Endorsement, 2019
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Certification, 2017
- Infant Mental Health Specialist Endorsement, 2014
- President of the Blue Water Chapter of the Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health, 2022
Timeline
Reflective Supervisor
Huron Behavioral Health
10.2024 - Current
Therapist
Colonial Woods Christian Counseling Center
01.2024 - Current
Clinician
St. Clair County Community Mental Health
02.2003 - Current
Outpatient Therapist
Professional Counseling Center
12.1998 - 04.2003
Master of Social Work -
University of Kentucky
Bachelor of Science - Sociology, Social Work Concentration
Central Michigan University