Dr. Christina Grosso is an integrative mental health provider who applies verbal, creative, and somatic interventions with children, teens, and adults. She has been a clinician, leader, and supervisor in non-profit mental health for over 25 years and maintains a private practice in Westchester, NY. She has worked with local and national leaders, executives, teachers, athletes, youth athletic teams, and corporate groups to promote wellness and optimal performance.

Christina holds a doctorate in Mind-Body Medicine with a focus on integrative mental health, psychophysiology, and mindful leadership in healthcare; and a Master’s Degree in Art Therapy and Mental Health Counseling from New York University. Her dissertation focused on the correlation of creativity and resilience in mental healthcare providers working during the COVID-19 federal emergency period.

Christina has extensive experience in the practice, implementation, and training of Trauma Informed Care and evidence-based practices. Christina served at the Jewish Board for over 20 years where she led the agency’s trauma training and organizational development initiatives focusing on Veteran and family reintegration, milieu services, and affirming care for all. 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. 

Christina has authored papers in the field of trauma, art therapy, self-care, and TF-CBT. Christina is a certified supervisor in Trauma Focused CBT (TF-CBT) and a certified trainer in Psychological First Aid and the Core Curriculum on Child Trauma. She serves on the NCTSN Terrorism & Disaster; Peer Support; and Trauma, Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities workgroups. She holds certifications in Biofeedback, Mindfulness, and aligned Vinyasa Yoga. Christina is a board certified & licensed art therapist in New York and a board-certified expert in traumatic stress.

Christina has served as a peer reviewer for Wiley Publications. She is on faculty at New York University in the Steinhardt School Graduate Art Therapy Department where she teaches courses in integrative health, trauma, clinical assessment & diagnosis, and research. 

Christina is an exhibiting artist, and her work focuses on abstract expressionism and process-based response art.

Chapter 20: Integrative clinical practices: Art therapy, biofeedback and Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing

Christina A. Grosso and Katharine Hertwick

Chapter 22: Teaching embodied methods to art therapy students

Mia de Béthune and Christina A. Grosso

You can connect with Christina through her website www.mindandbodyone.com or by email at mindandbodyone@gmail.com.