About Christine Lewis

I am a clinical nurse specialist with 40 years of experience in mental health nursing and psychotherapy:

  • 26 year employee of Hennepin County, the first 13 years providing crisis intervention for victims of sexual assault, and the past 13 years providing psychotherapy and medication management in the Mental Health Center.
  • Since 1985 providing advanced – practice psychiatric nursing in clients’ homes, for Health Counseling Services. www.healthcounselingservices.com
  • In private practice for 10 years, providing psychotherapy for grief, trauma and depression, as well as medication education; speaking to groups on these topics.
  • Currently a board member of Minnesota Coalition for Death Education and Support: www.mcdes.org
  • Certified in Thanatology by the Association for Death Education and Counseling:   www.adec.org

I am also a bereaved parent since the death of my beloved son in 1989.

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“I see myself as a guide, holding a lantern on the dark path through the moonless night.”