Speaking

Christine Cissy White is a speaker, journalist, memoir writer and health activist. She’s the founder of Heal Write Now, a trauma-mama and trauma survivor. Her survivor-led activism in the trauma community has been written about in places such as Atlantic Monthly, The Mighty, Huffington Post & Revelist. By day, she works for the ACEs Connection Network (ACEs Too High (journalism) and ACEsConnection (social networking site).

Speaking Topics:

• Parenting with PTSD : Breaking the Cycle without Falling Apart
• It Feels Like This: Creating Health, Hope, & Happiness after Developmental Trauma
• It’s Not Trauma Informed if it’s Not Informed by Trauma Survivors: Why Survivor-Led Advocacy Matters
• Writing to Heal Traumatic Stress: The Beauty of Community & Truth-Telling

She knows it’s possible to live, love and parent well after trauma while post-traumatically stressed….. It’s possible but it’s not easy.

Keynotes/Conferences/Appearances

• The Trauma Therapist Podcast: Cissy White, The Power & Passion of a Survivor, 2020
• The Trauma Therapist Podcast, Christine Cissy White Returns: Hear My Story, 2019

• National Association of School Nurses, Plenary session, Wrestling Ghosts and Parenting with ACEs
  with Ana Joanes and Robin Cogan, June 28-July 1, CO.  (2019)

• Mass Nurses Association Clinical Conference, Adverse Childhood Experiences & Adverse Community Environments, May 3, MA (2019)

• Creating Trauma-Sensitive Communities, Attachment Trauma Network, Creating Trauma Sensitive
  Schools Conference, with Lara Kain and Emily Read Daniels, February 17-19, DC (2019)

• NJ School Nurses Association, Wrestling Ghosts & panel, Ana Joanes & Robin Cogan, March 29-30, NJ 2019
• Essdack Bridging to Resilience Conference, Trauma-Informed Change for Everyone: Showing Up as Ourselves & Breaking Generational Poverty & Trauma, Parent Panel for Educators, April 22-24, KS (2019)

• Trauma-Sensitive Parenting Summit, Speaker, Attachment Trauma Network (online) (2018)

• Parenting with ACEs Presentation, Burlington County School Nurses Association, October, virtual (2018)

• Action to Access: Center for Youth Wellness & ACEs Connection bi-annual ACEs Conference, (2018)
  Power with Panel, Organizer & Moderator, October, CA

• Can Writing Heal: Narrative Medicine, with Peter Kramer, Nancy Slonim-Aronie, Judith Hannon at Islanders Write, MA (2018)

• Creating Trauma Sensitive Communities, Attachment & Trauma Network with Lara Kain, DC  (2018)

• Courageous Conversations, Parenting & Discipline, Vital Village, MA, 2018 

• Parenting is My Superpower: Self-Care as a Second Language; Federation for Children with Special Needs, Recruitment & Training Annual Conference, MA 2017

• 2017: Educating Traumatized Children Summit Network, Online, Attachment & Trauma Network (2017)

• Hope & Healing:  Nantucket High School,  2 CEU’s (because we can speak “even if our “voice shakes (above)
• Parenting with PTSD, Riverside Trauma, 3-hour CEU Workshop
• Parenting After Trauma, Keynote, Partnering for Excellence (PFE) Conference,  Benchmarks , NC
• Co-founder of #FacesOfPTSD campaign
• Harvard Pilgrim, Writing for Wellness Pilot & Position Papers
• Health Imperatives Staff Day, Keynote, Plymouth, MA
• Press, Just Write with Suzette, Milton, MA
• RAINN Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network Speaker’s Bureau (Ongoing)
• The Training Venue  Guest Speaker, Webinar
• Mobius, The Mind-Blowing Test No One Knows About, Lecture, Cambridge, MA
• Pathways, Martha’s Vineyard with Nancy Slonim Aronie, Spoken Word
• Body Language: Trauma Installation at Mobius with Marga ret Bellafiore
• Guest Speaker: Bridgewater State University, Art as Activism class

TESTIMONIALS

Jim McCauley, LICSW, C0-Founder of Riverside Trauma Center
“warm….lovely…..authentic………… funny….”  These are just a few of the words written on the evaluations I looked at this morning. I would echo all these comments. You did such a wonderful job reaching out to people and sharing your experience. I can’t imagine there is a better way to learn what you are able to teach us. The evaluations were universally glowing. You have so many powerful im

ages that you share. Thanks so much for sharing what you learned and enriching our work and our lives.”

 Elizabeth Torrant, VP, Health Intervention & Prevention Services, Brockton, MA

“Thank you so much for delivering a powerful, compelling and personal presentation with wit, sensitivity, and with very clear and tangible messages for staff to take away and use to help others as you’ve done for yourself and for so many others….  A few providers told me that they are going to start writing prescriptions for writing expressive writing so your messages were well-received and understood. I hope we continue to work together…”
Heather R. Hedrick, MS, LPC, LCAS, Rowan Center Director, Daymark Recovery Services, Benchmarks Conference, NC

“Ms. White, It was a very moving and powerful message and you gave some great insight on parenting with trauma. I loved the quote “ it is not trauma-informed if it’s not informed by trauma survivors”. You are so right!!  I would love to share your power point images that you shared on Friday with my clinical staff if would be willing to send it. I’m always looking for opportunities to help my staff develop their skills in working with trauma. “