Anna S Christie

Anna S. Christie. B.A., M.Div., is a Registered Clinical Counsellor in Vancouver, Canada. She has a history of severe emetophobia from which she completely recovered. She took further post-graduate studies and became a licensed psychotherapist in 2010. Since then she has run an educational self-help program online and has coached over 200 emetophobic adults, teenagers, and children using traditional CBT with exposure and response prevention (“ERP”). With child psychologist David Russ she has written “Emetophobia: Understanding and Treating Fear of Vomiting in Children and Adults.” In 2010 Anna created a website with free resources for therapists. Her online presence on social media, as a blogger and host of the podcast “Emetophobia Help” has led her to be viewed as the leading authority on emetophobia in the English-speaking world. Anna also has been a keynote speaker, workshop leader and academic lecturer. Anna is also the author of the personal leadership book “Evoking Change: Make a Difference in Your Life and in the World.” She has taught leadership to graduate students at Vancouver School of Theology, and conducted workshops and leadership programs for lay people since 2002. She has also been a keynote speaker at conferences for clergy.